Ligands that target hcv-e2 binding sites on cd81 and therapeutic methods using them

ABSTRACT

Ligands that target the HCV-E2 binding site and methods of making and using them. A series of ligand binding sites on the large extracellular loop of the open conformation of CD81 have been identified. Several important sites were located in regions identified by mutational studies to be the site of E2 binding. Ligands that recognize these sites were identified. Linking together two or three ligands that bind with low or moderate affinities to different structurally unique sites on a target protein were used to generate small molecule ligand conjugates that exhibit very high affinities to their CD81 targets. Hybrid ligand molecules were also designed using fragment-based drug design methods to generate analogs of the ligands that bind more tightly to the protein than the parent compounds. Identification and design of groups of compounds that bind to CD81 for use as therapeutics for treating patients infected by Hepatitis C virus and other viruses that interact with CD81. By binding to CD81, these molecules can block 1) HCV and other viral entry into cells (infection), 2) inflammatory responses caused by HCV and other viral infections, and 3) the induction of HCV associated cancers.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 120 toPCT/US2013/071056, filed Nov. 20, 2013, which claims priority to U.S.Provisional Application No. 61/728,486, filed Nov. 20, 2012, thecontents of which are incorporated by reference in their entireties.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

Small molecule ligands that bind to sites on the large extracellularloop of human CD81 were identified using structure-based methods.Compounds that block or interfere with attachment, invasion andinfection of cells by Hepatitis C Virus (“HCV”) were produced andidentified by linking together two or more of these ligands. Suchcompounds can bind to different sites on CD81 and exhibit morespecificity and a higher affinity for CD81. These ligands and ligandconjugates can inhibit binding of the HCV E protein, a major viralprotein involved in the attachment of HCV to cells that express CD81,such as human hepatocytes.

2. Description of the Related Art

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global health problem. The virus is a bloodborne pathogen that is transmitted mainly through nosocomial infections,blood transfusions, dental procedures and haemodialysis. During HCVreplication, the post-translational processing and cleavage of the viruspolyprotein produces ten structural and non-structural proteins. Thecrystal structures that have been determined for a number of theseproteins are being used to facilitate drug and vaccine development[2-9].

The amino acid sequence of the E2 protein has regions in which the aminoacid sequence can vary from one strain of virus to another.

Albecka et al. identified functional and structural regions in HCVenvelope glycoprotein E2. Specifically, domain I in HCV E2 (formed of 2units DIa and DIb) was reported to contain determinants essential forinteraction with CD81-LEL. The 2 parts of Domain I were reported tointeract together to form the CD81-LEL binding region in HCV E2. FIG. 3of Albecka describes a study that was done to determine the significanceof Domain I in CD81-LEL: HCV E2 interaction. The teachings in Albeckapertaining to how HCV interacts with CD81 are incorporated by reference.

FIG. 3 of Krey et al., The Disulfide Bonds in Glycoprotein E2 ofHepatitis C Virus Reveal the Tertiary Organization of the Molecule. PLoSPathog 6(2): e1000762; doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000762 (2010) comparesthe amino acid sequences for E2 from 9 HCV genotypes and marks with bluecircles amino acid residues interacting with CD81. The structural andstructure-function information in Krey pertinent to how HCV interactswith CD81 is incorporated by reference.

Several cell surface receptors have been suggested to play a role in HCVentry into hepatocytes [10]. These include LDL-R, heparan sulphate [11],scavenger receptor class BI (SR-BI) and CD81 [12,13]. Pileri et al. wasthe first to identify CD81, a 26 kDa protein that belongs to thetetraspanins super family, as an important HCV receptor [14]. While thisprotein mediates the invasion of hepatocytes by HCV, it is also widelyexpressed in both lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues. CD81 contains sixstructural domains, four of which are transmembrane domains and two ofwhich are hydrophilic extracellular domains that make up the large andsmall extracellular loops [15]. The amino acid sequence and manystructural features of CD81 are known and representative structures aredescribed by NCBI Reference Sequence NP_(—)004347.1 and by SEQ ID NOS: 2and 3.

CD81 has been linked to a number of biological processes. These includeviral attachment and entry into cells that express CD81 (includinghematopoetic, lymphoid, endothelial and epithelial cells) and invasionof the liver by Plasmodium falciparum. CD81 is associated with cellularproliferation, growth regulation, response to wounding and woundhealing, and various other immunological and cellular responses. Humanimmunodeficiency virus infection is also mediated by CD81; GordonAlonzo, et al., Tetraspanins CD9 and CD81 modulate HIV-1-inducedmembrane fusion, J. Immunol. 2006 Oct. 15; 177(8):5129-37.

One reason CD81 has become such an important target for drug developmentis because the large extracellular loop of CD81 (CD81-LEL) has beenshown to bind to the HCV E2 glycoprotein [16-19]. Zhang et al.discovered that CD81-LEL is also important for efficient replication ofthe HCV genome [18]. In addition, the E2:CD81-LEL interaction has beenreported to induce several immuno-modulatory effects, including aco-stimulatory signal in naive and antigen-experienced T cells in vitrothat leads to production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine γ-interferon.This suggests that the E2:CD81-LEL interaction plays a role inT-cell-mediated liver inflammation and may contribute to liver damage.The interaction of these two proteins also appears to down regulateT-cell receptors and suppress the activity of natural killer cells [18].

CD81 is an important target for designing new anti-HCV therapeuticsbecause of its known participation in viral invasion of cells and inprocesses that cause liver damage. Some of the first inhibitors designedto block the E2:CD81-LEL interaction were CD81 mimics developed by VanCompernolle et al. [20]. Small molecules were designed to mimic thesolvent exposed hydrophobic ridge of helix D in the CD81-LEL domain andwere found to bind HCV E2 reversibly and to competitively block thebinding of E2 to CD81 [20]. This was the first direct demonstration thatCD81 is an important receptor in HCV entry [20]. In addition, themutational studies conducted by Higginbottom et al. [17] and Drummer etal. [19] identified the key amino acid residues that contribute to theE2:CD81-LEL interaction. Kitadokoro et al. determined the 3D structureof CD81-LEL using X-ray crystallography [21,22]. In this structure the Cand D helices form a cleft-like motif within the E2 binding site, alarge cavity considered to be an excellent target site for inhibitordevelopment.

-   Compernolle et al. [20] described molecules that mimic portions of    the CD81 structure that inhibited HCV binding to CD81, but they did    not report ligands that bind to CD81 and inhibit HCV binding.    Holzer, et al. described benzyl salicylate as a moderate inhibitor    of HCV binding to CD81. Benzyl salicylate is a recognized allergen    having undesirable effects such as increasing the proliferation of    breast cancer cells in vitro, Charles, A. K, et al., J. Appl.    Toxicol. 29(5):422-34 (2009).-   Bolognesi, et al., U.S. Pat. No. 7,657,385 describes structure-based    design of compounds which bind to CD81 for the purpose of blocking    HCV binding.-   Balhorn, et al. [23] and DeNardo [24] describe tridentate    antibody-mimics that exhibit 1000-fold higher affinities for their    specific targets compared to bidentate antibody mimics containing    two ligands.

As apparent from the background art, there is an on-going and urgentneed to discover new molecules that safely, selectively and effectivelyinhibit the binding of HCV to human cells in order to prevent,ameliorate or treat HCV infection.

As described herein the inventors have identified a group of newmolecules that bind to specific segments of CD81 as well as novel hybridor linked molecules having an even higher affinity for CD81 thanindividual ligands.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Using computational docking and virtual screening methods, the inventorshave identified a group of small organic molecules—ligands for CD81—thatbind to different sites on CD81. Different subsets of these moleculesrespectively bind to five different cavities located within the E2binding site on CD81-LEL. Several molecules have been tested and shownto block HCV E2 protein binding to CD81 in vitro.

Following the experimental verification of binding of the ligands to arecombinant form of CD81-LEL using SPR and DPI, prototype ligandconjugates were designed by linking together pairs of ligands that havebeen determined to bind to bind to different sites on the CD81 protein[23, 24].

One aspect of the invention is directed to the small moleculesdiscovered to bind to these different sites on CD81. These include themolecules described in the tables below. Assays that help validate thatthese small molecule ligands will inhibit the binding of HCV and otherpathogens to CD81 or modulate CD81 interaction with other ligands orreceptors are also disclosed. Due to variations in the HCV E2 amino acidsequence between different HCV strains some small molecule ligands arelikely to inhibit some strains to a greater or lesser degree than otherstrains depending whether the variations are in a portion of E2interacting with a CD81 binding site as described herein. Thesedifferences provide a way to identify and select a small molecularligand that preferentially inhibits the binding of a particular strainto CD81. A particular small molecule inhibitor can be customized orselected to treat infection by a particular HCV or other microbialstrain, for example, by selecting one that preferentially inhibits thatstrain so that the effective dosage administered to a subject is reducedand the subject experiences reduced side-effects or drug toxicity.Alternatively, to provide a broader antiviral spectrum, cocktails ofdifferent small molecule inhibitors can be produced that include smallmolecule inhibitors that modulate or block binding of a variety of HCVstrains; especially those endemic in a particular geographical area orpopulation segment.

Another aspect of the invention is the development of selective ligandconjugates that bind to CD81 with higher affinities than the individualligands used to create the conjugates. These ligand conjugates will bindto two or more sites on CD81. Each conjugate comprises two or more smallmolecule ligands for CD81 linked together. Examples of ligands that canbe linked to form a ligand conjugate that binds CD81 are shown in Table1.

Assays are also contemplated to validate the use of the individualligands, structural analogs of the ligands, and ligand conjugates, toinhibit the binding of HCV and other pathogens to CD81 or to modulateCD81 interaction with other ligands or receptors.

Similarly, the invention encompasses more complex ligand conjugates thatbind to three, four or more sites on CD81 and methods of using them toinhibit the binding of HCV and other pathogens to CD81 or to modulateCD81 interaction with other ligands or receptors.

Hybrid molecules can be engineered based on the chemical features of theindividual ligands such as those described by Table 1. Examples of thesehybrid molecules are shown in Table 2 and representative chemicalstructures appear in FIG. 16.

The inventors identified five ligand binding sites on CD81 as shown inFIGS. 9-13. These sites are also characterized by neighboring aminoacids known to participate in HCV E2 binding, CD81 amino acid residuesthat surround the sites, and/or by the binding of particular ligands tothese sites.

Site 1. This site is located near CD81 amino acid residues 163, 182,184, 186 and 188 that are important for HCV E2 binding to CD81. Ligand5069 is an example of a ligand that binds to this site. The site is acavity on the surface of the protein surrounded by the following aminoacid residues: Ser160, Thr163, Ala164, Thr167, Ile181, Leu185, Glu188and Gln192, see FIG. 9.

Site 2. This site is located near CD81 amino acid residues 162, 163 and182 that are important for HCV E2 binding to CD81. Ligand 73735 is anexample of a ligand that binds to this site. The site is a cavity on thesurface of the protein surrounded by the following amino acid residues:Val136, Asp138, Leu165, Thr167, Lys171, Asn173, Ser177, Asn180 andIle181, see FIG. 10.

Site 3. This site is located near CD81 amino acid residues 182, 186,188, 196 that are important for HCV E2 binding to CD81. Ligand 93033 isan example of a ligand that binds to this site. The site is a cavity onthe surface of the protein surrounded by the following amino acidresidues: Glu152, Ser177, Asn180, Phe186, Glu188 and His202, see FIG.11.

Site 4. This site is located near CD81 amino acid residue 155 that isimportant for HCV E2 binding to CD81. Ligand 81750 is an example of aligand that binds to this site. The site is a cavity on the surface ofthe protein surrounded by the following amino acid residues: Lys148,Glu152, Leu170, Asn173, Ser177, Asn180, and Lys301, see FIG. 12.

Site 5. This site is located near CD81 amino acid residue 162 that isimportant for HCV E2 binding to CD81. Ligand 68982 is an example of aligand that binds to this site. The site is a cavity on the surface ofthe protein surrounded by the following amino acid residues: Asp117,Lys121, Glu125, Gln132, Ser160, Thr161, Gln192 and Asp195, see FIG. 13.

The ligands disclosed herein find many applications including asantiviral compounds that modulate or interfere with virus binding tocells expressing CD81, as competitive inhibitors of virus binding invivo, in vitro, or in antivirus compositions, such as disinfectants orvirus-neutralizing compositions; or as reagents or tools for identifyingnew ligands that bind to CD81 or the CD81 sites described above. Forexample, ligands identified by the inventors can be used in acompetitive inhibition assay where competitive binding of a known CD81ligand and a putative ligand are determined for CD81 or for the specificCD81 sites described above.

Chemical derivatives of the CD81 ligands described herein arecontemplated including ligands chemically derivatized to removeundesirable physical or biological properties or to modulate absorption,distribution, or localization of the derivatized ligand. Prodrugs of theligands disclosed, which lack biological activity until transformed invivo or in vitro into a ligand as described herein, are alsocontemplated. Methods for derivatizing a chemical ligand or producing aprodrug from it are known.

Specific embodiments of the invention include the following:

-   -   1. A molecule that binds to at least one of Sites 1, 2, 3, 4, or        5 on CD81 or that inhibits the binding of a molecule known to        bind to at least one of Sites 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to the site.    -   2. The molecule of embodiment 1 that binds to at least one of        Sites 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.    -   3. The molecule of embodiment 1 that inhibits the binding of a        molecule known to bind to at least one of Sites 1, 2, 3, 4, or        5.    -   4. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is a small organic        molecule.    -   5. The molecule of embodiment 1 that binds to Site 1 on CD81        selected from the group consisting of 5069, 7436, 7962, 16646,        21034, 23895, 30930, 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 98026, 106963,        117922, 120631, 123115, 134137, 144958, 153172, 164965, 165665,        252359, and 689002; wherein Site 1 comprises a cavity on the        protein surface bounded by CD81 amino acids Ser160, Thr163,        Ala164, Thr167, Ile181, Leu185, Glu188 and Gln192. Molecules        which block or inhibit the binding of those described in the        group above to CD81, especially to CD81 Site 1.    -   6. The molecule of embodiment 1 that binds to Site 2 on CD81        selected from the group consisting of molecule 38743, 156957,        127947, 73735, 55573, 41066, 11891, 63865, 408860, 362639,        36914, 23895, and 403374; wherein Site 2 comprises a cavity on        the protein surface bounded by amino acids Val136, Asp138,        Leu165, Thr167, Lys171, Asn173, Ser177, Asn180 and Ile181.        Molecules which block or inhibit the binding of those described        in the group above to CD81, especially to CD81 Site 2.    -   7. The molecule of embodiment 1 that binds to Site 3 on CD81        selected from the group consisting of molecule 93033, 80807,        25368, 25678, 60239, 75866, 87504, 331931, 20586, 403374, 8481,        and 5856; wherein Site 3 comprises a cavity on the protein        surface bounded by amino acids Glu152, Ser177, Asn180, Phe186,        Glu188 and His202. Molecules which block or inhibit the binding        of those described in the group above to CD81, especially to        CD81 Site 3.    -   8. The molecule of embodiment 1 that binds to Site 4 on CD81        selected from the group consisting of molecules 16631, 40614,        68971, 78623, 81750, 401077, 408734, 303800, 75846, 638134,        70980, 89720, 25678, 215276, 16162 and 60239; wherein Site 4        comprises a cavity on the protein surface surrounding amino acid        Ser177 bounded by amino acids Glu152, Ser177, Lys148, Leu170,        Asn173, Asn180, and Lys301. Molecules which block or inhibit the        binding of those described in the group above to CD81,        especially to CD81 Site 4.    -   9. The molecule of embodiment 1 that binds to Site 5 on CD81        that is molecule 68982; 75866-148832, 601359 and 142446; wherein        Site 5 comprises a cavity on the protein surface bounded by        amino acids Asp117, Lys121, Glu125, Gln132, Ser160, Thr161,        Gln192 and Asp195. Molecules which block or inhibit the binding        of those described in the group above to CD81, especially to        CD81 Site 5.    -   10. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        consisting of molecules 75866, 87504, 25678. 40614, 134137,        7436, 117922, 144958, 68982, and 75846.    -   11. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 1.    -   12. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 2.    -   13. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 3.    -   14. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 4.    -   15. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 5.    -   16. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 6.    -   17. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 7.    -   18. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 8.    -   19. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 9.    -   20. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 10.    -   21. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 11.    -   22. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 12.    -   23. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 13.    -   24. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 14.    -   25. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 15.    -   26. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 16.    -   27. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 17.    -   28. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 18.    -   29. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 19.    -   30. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 20.    -   31. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 21.    -   32. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 22.    -   33. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 23.    -   34. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 24.    -   35. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 25.    -   36. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 26.    -   37. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 27.    -   38. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 28.    -   39. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 29.    -   40. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 30.    -   41. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 31.    -   42. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 32.    -   43. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 33.    -   44. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 34.    -   45. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 35.    -   46. The molecule of embodiment 1 that is selected from the group        of molecules described by Table 36.    -   47. The molecule of embodiment 1 or a conjugate thereof that        binds to a region of CD81 to which a virus, pathogen, or other        CD81 ligand binds.    -   48. The molecule of embodiment 1 or a conjugate thereof that        binds to a region of CD81 to which a viral protein,        glycoprotein, carbohydrate or other determinant binds.    -   49. The molecule of embodiment 1 or a conjugate thereof that        inhibits or prevents a virus or other CD81 ligand from        interacting with CD81.    -   50. The molecule of embodiment 1 or a conjugate thereof that        reduces or blocks the ability of a virus to invade, infect or        re-infect the cell expressing or carrying CD81.    -   51. The molecule of embodiment 1 or a conjugate thereof that is        covalently attached to or non-covalently associated with an        effector molecule, such as those selected from the group        consisting of a dendrimer, nanoparticle, liposome, biotin,        avidin, avidin analog, antibody, protein, carbohydrate, lipid,        other bulky molecule.    -   52. A composition comprising at least one molecule according to        embodiment 1 or a conjugate thereof and a pharmaceutically        acceptable carrier or excipient. The composition may comprise a        cocktail of two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or        ten or more ligands according to embodiment 1 or conjugates        thereof.    -   53. The composition of embodiment 52 in a unit dosage form.    -   54. The composition of embodiment 52 in a form suitable for        administration to a human.    -   55. A conjugate comprising at least two, three, four, five, six,        seven, eight, nine, ten or more molecules as described by        embodiment 1, which bind to the same or different sites on CD81.        Advantageously, different molecules constituting the conjugate        will bind to different sites on CD81, wherein the different        sites are Sites 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. These conjugates may optionally        contain a spacer or linker covalently linking the molecules that        form them. Other moieties may also be present such as effectors        or tags.    -   56. A covalent conjugate comprising a molecule of embodiment 1        and at least one other molecule.    -   57. The conjugate of embodiment 55 that comprises two molecules,        which each bind to a different site on CD81; and optionally a        spacer or linker between the two molecules.    -   58. The conjugate of embodiment 55 that comprises at least three        molecules, which each bind to a different site on CD81; and        optionally a spacer or linker between the at least three        molecules.    -   59. The conjugate of embodiment 55 that comprises three        molecules, which each binds to a different site on CD81, that is        selected from the group consisting of molecules described by        Tables 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37; and optionally a spacer or        linker between the at least three molecules.    -   60. A conjugate of at least two, three, four, five, six, seven,        eight, nine, ten or more molecules according to embodiment 1        that are connected via bonds or chemical linkers or spacers. A        covalent conjugate comprising two molecules of embodiment 1 and        optionally a spacer or linker attaching them. A covalent        conjugate comprising three molecules of embodiment 1 and        optionally covalent linkers or spacers attaching them.    -   61. The conjugate of embodiment 55 that is selected from the        group consisting of 25678-lys-lys-75846, 40614-lys-lys-75846,        117922-lys-lys-75866, 75866-lys-lys-68982, 75866-lys-lys-144958,        and 40614-lys-lys-25678.    -   62. The covalent conjugate of embodiment 55 that comprises a        chemical linker or spacer that ranges in length from 0 to 3 nm.    -   63. The conjugate of embodiment 55, wherein the chemical linker        is selected from the group consisting of a chemical bond, a        bivalent hydrocarbon radical, a multivalent hydrocarbon radical,        a bivalent hydrocarbon radical containing at least one        heteroatom, a multivalent hydrocarbon radical containing at        least one heteroatom, a multivalent radical containing oxygen,        nitrogen or sulfur. These may include connectors comprised of        one or more molecules or polymers selected from a group        consisting of other organic molecules, polyethylene glycol or        its functionalized derivatives, amino acids, peptides, peptide        analogs, sugars or carbohydrates, nucleic acids, nucleic acid        analogs, straight chain carbons, heterocycles, branched carbon        chains, thiols, dendrimers, or other molecular components or        subunits that can be used to connect two molecules.    -   64. The conjugate of embodiment 55, wherein the chemical linker        is a peptide or peptide analog, a carbohydrate or carbohydrate        analog, a sugar or sugar analog, nucleic acid or nucleic acid        analog, or a dendrimer.    -   65. The conjugate of embodiment 55 comprising two ligands that        bind to different sites on CD81, where the different sites are        CD81 Sites 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. The conjugate of embodiment 55        comprising three ligands that bind to different sites on CD81,        where the different sites are CD81 Sites 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.    -   66. An organic small molecule created by connecting 689002 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 3.    -   67. An organic small molecule created by connecting 30930 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 4.    -   68. An organic small molecule created by connecting 165665 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 5.    -   69. An organic small molecule created by connecting 93033 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 6.    -   70. An organic small molecule created by connecting 16631 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 7.    -   71. An organic small molecule created by connecting 63865 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 8.    -   72. An organic small molecule created by connecting 5069 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 9.    -   73. An organic small molecule created by connecting 11891 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 10.    -   74. An organic small molecule created by connecting 21034 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 11.    -   75. An organic small molecule created by connecting 41066 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 12.    -   76. An organic small molecule created by connecting 55573 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 13.    -   77. An organic small molecule created by connecting 68971 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 14.    -   78. An organic small molecule created by connecting 68982 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 15.    -   79. An organic small molecule created by connecting 73735 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 16.    -   80. An organic small molecule created by connecting 75846 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 17.    -   81. An organic small molecule created by connecting 78623 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 18.    -   82. An organic small molecule created by connecting 81750 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 19.    -   83. An organic small molecule created by connecting 98026 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 20.    -   84. An organic small molecule created by connecting 127947 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 21.    -   85. An organic small molecule created by connecting 156957 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 22.    -   86. An organic small molecule created by connecting 401077 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 23.    -   87. An organic small molecule created by connecting 408734 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 24.    -   88. An organic small molecule created by connecting 303800 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 25.    -   89. An organic small molecule created by connecting 38743 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 26.    -   90. An organic small molecule created by connecting 408860 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 27.    -   91. An organic small molecule created by connecting 362639 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 28.    -   92. An organic small molecule created by connecting 123115 to        one of the molecules listed in Table 29.    -   93. An organic small molecule created by connecting 70980 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 30.    -   94. An organic small molecule created by connecting 36914 to one        of the molecules listed in Table 31.    -   95. An organic small molecule created by connecting 25368 to        638134.    -   96. The molecule of embodiment 55 that is a ligand conjugate        that binds to at least three of Sites 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.    -   97. The molecule of embodiment 55 that is a small organic        molecule comprising three different molecules that are linked        together, each selected from a different group that binds to a        different site on CD81, wherein said groups are selected from        those of Tables 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37.    -   98. The molecule of embodiment 55 that is a hybrid molecule that        combines and comprises chemical moieties of two or more        molecules that each bind to the same site at adjacent positions        or at positions that overlap; wherein said combined chemical        moieties are those moieties that bind to the CD81 site; and        wherein said site is Site 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.    -   99. The conjugate of embodiment 55 that is covalently attached        to or non-covalently associated with an effector molecule, such        as those selected from the group consisting of a dendrimer,        nanoparticle, liposome, biotin, avidin, avidin analog, antibody,        protein, carbohydrate, lipid or other effector molecule.    -   100. A composition comprising at least one conjugate according        to embodiment 55 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or        excipient, optionally in a unit dose or in a form suitable for        administration to a human. The composition may comprise a        cocktail of two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or        ten or more conjugates according to embodiment 55.    -   101. A method for modulating a biological activity of CD81 or an        activity mediated by or through CD81 comprising contacting CD81        with at least one molecule of embodiment 1 or a conjugate        according to embodiment 55. The molecule of embodiment 1 or        conjugate of embodiment 55 may bind to a region of CD81 to which        viral proteins bind, to a region of CD81 to which viruses bind,        may inhibit or prevent the virus from interacting with CD81, or        may reduce or block the ability of the virus to invade, infect        or re-infect the cell containing CD81.    -   102. The method of embodiment 101 that inhibits the binding of a        pathogen that binds to CD81 comprising contacting CD81 with at        least one molecule of embodiment 1 or at least one conjugate of        embodiment 55, or both.    -   103. The method of embodiment 101, wherein said pathogen is HCV,        HIV, Plasmodium or other pathogen that utilizes CD81 to attach        to or infect cells.    -   104. The method of embodiment 101, wherein said pathogen is a        cell infected with HCV.    -   105. The method of embodiment 101, wherein said pathogen is a        cell or microorganism that expresses or comprises a HCV E2        polypeptide, a fragment of a HCV E2 polypeptide, or an analog of        a HCV polypeptide having at least 80%, 95% or 99% similarity to        the amino acid sequence described by Uniprot C4MR37 (SEQ ID NO:        1).    -   106. The method of embodiment 101 that inhibits HCV, HIV, or        another virus from invading cells, comprising contacting CD81        with at least one small organic molecule according to embodiment        1 or conjugate of embodiment 55 to CD81, thus inhibiting or        blocking virus or viral protein attachment to CD81 or thus        inhibiting virus or viral protein interaction with CD81.    -   107. The method of embodiment 101 that inhibits HCV or another        virus from infecting, re-infecting or damaging liver cells,        comprising contacting and binding at least one small organic        molecule according to embodiment 1 or conjugate according to        embodiment 55 to CD81, thus inhibiting or blocking virus or        virus protein attachment to CD81 or virus or virus protein        interaction with CD81.    -   108. The method of embodiment 101 that inhibits HCV, HIV or        another virus from invading cells, comprising attaching at least        one small organic molecule of embodiment 1 or the conjugate of        embodiment 55 to an effector that improves the efficiency of the        small organic molecule for blocking virus or viral protein        attachment to, or blocking virus or viral protein interaction        with, CD81.    -   109. The method of embodiment 101 that inhibits HCV or another        virus from infecting, re-infecting or damaging liver cells,        comprising attaching at least one small organic molecule of        embodiment 1 or conjugate according to embodiment 55 to an        effector that improves the ability of the small molecule to        block virus or virus protein attachment to or interaction with        CD81 and minimizes or prevents liver damage.    -   110. The method of embodiment 101 that inhibits pro-inflammatory        cytokine production, comprising contacting CD81 with at least        one small organic molecule of embodiment 1 or conjugate of        embodiment 55 to block or reduce the interaction of a virus CD81        ligand or another CD81 ligand with CD81 or cells containing or        expressing CD81.    -   111. The method of embodiment 101 that inhibits liver        inflammation, comprising contacting at least one small organic        molecule of embodiment 1 or conjugate of embodiment 55 with CD81        under conditions suitable for blocking or reducing the        interaction of a viral CD81 ligand or another CD81 ligand with        CD81 or cells containing or expressing CD81.    -   112. The method of embodiment 101 that down-regulates T-cell        receptor activity and/or that suppresses activity of natural        killer cells, comprising contacting at least one small organic        molecule according to embodiment 1 or conjugate of embodiment 55        with CD81 under conditions that block or reduce the interaction        of a viral or another CD81 ligand with CD81 or cells containing        CD81.    -   113. The method of embodiment 101 wherein the CD81 is on or        expressed by a liver cell.    -   114. The method of embodiment 101, wherein the CD81 is on or        expressed by a blood cell or on a precursor cell for a blood        cell.    -   115. The method of embodiment 101, wherein the CD81 is on or        expressed by a cell that is associated with HCV infection.    -   116. The method of embodiment 101, wherein the CD81 is on or        expressed by a cell is associated with inflammation.    -   117. The method of embodiment 101, wherein the CD81 is on or        expressed by a cell that is associated with down regulating        T-cell receptors and suppressing the activity of natural killer        cells.    -   118. The method of embodiment 101, wherein the CD81 is on or        expressed by a cell that is associated with a HCV or non-HCV        viral infection.    -   119. A method for modulating a biological activity of CD81 or an        activity mediated by or through CD81 comprising contacting CD81        or a cell having CD81 with at least one molecule of embodiment 1        or a conjugate thereof    -   120. A method for inhibiting the attachment of a pathogen that        binds to CD81 to a cell having CD81 comprising contacting said        cell with at least one molecule of embodiment 1 or a conjugate        thereof    -   121. The method of embodiment 120, wherein said pathogen is        Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above; otheraspects of the invention will be apparent from the disclosure below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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FIG. 1. Flowchart of the algorithm used by AutoLigand. The calculationsare broken into three parts: Flood Fill, Optimization, and Ray Casting.The user enters the size (number of Fill points) to be used.

FIGS. 2A and 2B. Amino acid residues that participate in HCV E2 bindingto CD81-LEL. Seven amino acids have been identified to contribute to thebinding of the HCV protein E2 to CD81-LEL. (FIG. 2A) Front view of theprotein showing the four contact residues Leu162, Ile182, Asn184, andPhe186 in color. (FIG. 2B) Back side of the CD81-LEL protein showing theother three contact residues Thr163, Glu188 and Asp196. This figure wasprepared using AutoDock Tools version 1.5.6.

FIG. 3. Free energy data for ligand binding sites identified on thesurface of CD81-LEL calculated by AutoLigand. This figure was generatedby plotting the total energy per volume versus the volume of each fillmade from different amounts of fill points. The different colors depictthe different fills that start in the same location. The most efficientfills are those that have the lowest total energy per volume using thesmallest volume. This figure was prepared using AutoDock Tools version1.5.6.

FIGS. 4A and 4B. Two ligand binding sites identified by AutoLigand onthe open conformation of CD81-LEL (PDB ID: 1G8Q). These two sites wereselected as docking targets based on their proximity to the amino acidresidues that contact E2 and the calculated low free energy (highaffinity) for ligands that would bind in this site. (FIG. 4A) The smallgray spheres define the ligand binding site, Site 1, calculated byAutoLigand to be the best binding site. Ligands binding to this sitewould interact directly with several key amino acids in the E2 bindingsite. These spheres correspond to the green circle fill points in FIG.2A located between 500 and 600 Å³. (FIG. 4B) The black spheres identifya second binding site, Site 2, calculated by AutoLigand on the oppositeside of the protein. Ligands binding to this site should also contributeto the disruption of E2 binding. The black spheres correspond to theblack square fill points shown in FIG. 2A located between 550 and 650Å³. This figure was prepared using AutoDock Tools version 1.5.6.

FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C. Analysis of the main HCV E2 binding site inCD81-LEL using AutoLigand and comparing the results of AutoLigand tothat of the virtual screening runs. AutoLigand fill points not onlyidentify cavities on the surfaces of proteins, but they also predict thestructural features of ligands that would bind with the best affinityand selectivity to the protein at these sites. (FIG. 5A) The fill pointsprovided by AutoLigand define the rough shape of ligands that would fitbest into the cavity. Specific fill points are also color coded toidentify particular atoms in the ligand that would interact optimallywith the protein's atoms or functional groups in the regions surroundingthe ligand. (FIG. 5B) Ligand 1 is shown bound to CD81-LEL in thelocation and orientation calculated by AutoDock. (FIG. 5C) Thesuperposition of fill points (small spheres) and atom types (largespheres) in Ligand 1 is high (75-80%) indicating that this ligand shouldbind well in this particular site. This figure was prepared usingAutoDock Tools version 1.5.6.

FIG. 6. Small molecules calculated by AutoDock to bind to differentsites on CD81-LEL. The molecules are listed according to the assessedquality of the ligand and its interaction with CD81-LEL using AutoDock'scalculated free energy of binding and the DPI and SPR binding data.Criteria used to define the quality of the ligands are: Strong—makesmore than 5 contacts with protein, calculated to be selective and notcalculated to bind to multiple sites, not too hydrophobic in addition tohaving an in silico binding energy of >−5, DPI binding of >0.3 radiansand SPR binding response of >30 Response Units (RU); moderate—makes 4-5contacts with protein, hydrophobic interactions contribute to binding inaddition to having an in silico binding energy of >−3, a DPI bindingof >0.15 radians and SPR binding response of >10; and weak—makes 3-4contacts with protein in addition to having an in silico binding energyof <−3, a DPI binding of <0.15 radians and SPR binding response of <10RU.

FIG. 7. Binding of ligand 1 to CD81-LEL as a function of ligandconcentration. This binding experiment was performed using a BiacoreT200. Using the data, ligand 1 was estimated to have a Kd of ˜201 μMbased on an affinity fit.

FIGS. 8A and 8B. An example of a bidentate ligand conjugate designedusing two ligands, one calculated to bind to Site 1 and a secondcalculated to bind to Site 2 on the open conformation of CD81-LEL. (FIG.8A) Location and orientation of ligand 1 and 4 binding calculated byAutoDock. (FIG. 8B) Structure of a prototype bidentate ligand conjugate.The linker was created using a single miniPEG and lysine and theresulting spacing between ligands was sufficient to allow the individualligands to bind to the calculated sites when linked together.

FIG. 9 depicts CD81 ligand binding Site 1 and the surrounding amino acidresidues Ser160, Thr163, Ala164, Thr167, Ile181, Leu185, Glu188, andGln192. The amino acid residues surrounding the cavity are colored redand marked with the residue number in white. An example of a ligandbound in the site is colored dark blue.

FIG. 10 depicts CD81 ligand binding Site 2 and the surrounding aminoacid residues Val136, Asp138, Leu165, Thr167, Lys171, Asn173, Ser177,Asn180 and Ile181. The amino acid residues surrounding the cavity arecolored red and marked with the residue number in white. An example ofone ligand bound in the site is colored dark blue.

FIG. 11 depicts CD81 ligand binding Site 3 and the surrounding aminoacid residues Glu152, Ser177, Asn180, Phe186, Glu188, and His202. Theamino acid residues surrounding the cavity are colored red and markedwith the residue number in white. An example of one ligand bound in thesite is colored dark blue.

FIG. 12 depicts CD81 ligand binding Site 4 and the surrounding aminoacid residues Ser177, Lys148, Glu152, Leu170, Asn173, Asn180 and Lys301.The amino acid residues surrounding the cavity are colored red andmarked with the residue number in white. An example of one ligand boundin the site is colored dark blue.

FIG. 13 depicts CD81 ligand binding Site 5 and the surrounding aminoacid residues Asp117, Lys121, Glu125, Gln132, Ser160, Thr161, Gln192,and Asp195. The amino acid residues surrounding the cavity are coloredred and marked with the residue number in white. An example of oneligand bound in the site is colored dark blue.

FIG. 14 describes a procedure for making a multivalent ligand for CD81tagged with biotin.

FIG. 15 describes a procedure for making a multivalent ligand for CD81tagged with biotin.

FIGS. 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16F, 16G, 16H, 161, and 16J describechemical structures of ligands for CD81.

FIGS. 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E, and 17F depict ligand conjugates. Somepreferred conjugates are 25678-lys-lys-40614, 75866-lys-lys-144958,25678-lys-lys-75846 and 117922-lys-lys-75866.

FIG. 18 depicts a three ligand conjugate. SMILES

C(═O)(NC(C(═O)NCCCCC(N)C(═O)NC(═O)Cl(CCCCCl)NC)CCCCNC(C(C2=CC═CC═C2)=CC3=CC═CC═C3)=O)C4=C(C═NC5=C4C═CC═C5)C6=CC═C(C═C6C)C.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention encompasses ligands for newly identified ligand bindingsites on CD81. These ligands can be small organic molecules, conjugatesof two or more small organic molecules directly linked together orlinked together by a linker or spacer, or hybrid molecules engineered tocontain chemical moieties of two or more small organic moleculesinvolved in binding to CD81.

The inventors used several different methods to identify andcharacterize the small organic molecule ligands that bind to differentsites on CD81. Additional methods for characterizing these molecules,for example, by determining a binding affinity of a molecule to CD81 orto a cell expressing CD81 or an ability of a molecule to inhibit bindingof other ligands to CD81 in vitro or in vivo are described herein.Compositions containing these molecules and methods for theiradministration to subjects in need of modulation of CD81 biologicalactivity, such as subjects infected with HCV are also described.

The inventors have identified ligands that bind to five different ligandbinding sites on CD8181 as listed below. These ligands identify CD81binding sites to which they bind and can be used to identify othermolecules that recognize these sites, for example, CD81 by a competitivebinding assay. The CD81 binding sites are described by the ligandsidentified below which bind to them, by the amino acids surrounding eachbinding site as shown by FIGS. 9-13, and by the binding sites depictedby FIGS. 9-13.

Table AA depicts ligands identified as binding to particular CD81binding sites.

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 165665 38743 93033 16631 68982 164965156957 80807 68971 75866 689002 127947 25368 78623 90444 30930 7373516162 81750 148832 5069 55573 25678 401077 601359 7436 41066 60239408734 142446 21034 11891 75866 303800 98026 63865 87504 75846 123115408860 89720 638134 7962 362639 215276 70980 16646 36914 331931 90444106863 20586 20586 89720 117922 23895 403374 25678 120631 252359 8481215276 7962 403374 5856 16162 117922 60239 106863 23895 120631 16646252359 134137 97538 94914 31712 73170 144958 153172

The terms used to describe the ligands and ligand binding sites aredescribed below.

The term “CD81” is given its ordinary meaning in the art (Cluster ofDifferentiation-81). Human CD81 has been sequenced and is crystalstructure determined. CD81 analogs from non-human animals are known andnatural or artificial variants of CD81 are also contemplated. These arecharacterized by a degree of similarity or sequence identity to humanCD81, for example, by a degree of similarity or identity of 80%, 85%,87.5%, 90%, 92.5%, 95%, 97.5%, 98%, 99% to a known CD81 sequence, suchas that described by SEQ ID NOS 2 and 3.

Similarly, the term “HCV E2” is given its customary meaning. Theinvention contemplates variants of the HCV E2 protein from differentstrains of HCV; analogs of this protein from other viruses ormicroorganisms, especially analogs of segments of the protein thatinteract with CD81, or other natural or engineered forms of the HCV E2protein or its variants or analogs. These variants, analogs or forms ofthe E2 protein can be characterized by a degree of similarity oridentity of 80%, 85%, 87.5%, 90%, 92.5%, 95%, 97.5%, 98%, 99% to a knownHCV E2 sequence, such as that described by SEQ ID NO: 1. Related orsimilar viruses may be identified based on their expression of a proteinhaving these degrees of similarity or identity to human HCV E2 protein.

BLASTP may be used to identify an amino acid sequence having at least80%, 85%, 87.5%, 90%, 92.5%, 95%, 97.5%, 98%, 99% sequence similarity oridentity to a reference amino acid sequence using a similarity matrixsuch as BLOSUM45, BLOSUM62 or BLOSUM80. Unless otherwise indicated asimilarity score will be based on use of BLOSUM62. When BLASTP is used,the percent similarity is based on the BLASTP positives score and thepercent sequence identity is based on the BLASTP identities score.BLASTP “Identities” shows the number and fraction of total residues inthe high scoring sequence pairs which are identical; and BLASTP“Positives” shows the number and fraction of residues for which thealignment scores have positive values and which are similar to eachother. Amino acid sequences having these degrees of identity orsimilarity or any intermediate degree of identity of similarity to theamino acid sequences disclosed herein are contemplated and encompassedby this disclosure.

A “small organic molecule” includes low molecular weight organiccompounds or approximately 800 daltons or less that are not polymers.Small molecules according to the invention will bind to CD81. Thesesmall molecules may bind to a particular site on CD81, such as Site 1,2, 3, 4, or 5 discovered by the inventors, or to more than one site.These ligands may have a greater or lesser affinity for CD81 than anatural ligand from CD81, such as the HCV E2 protein. Ligand binding canpassively block binding of other ligands to CD81 and/or trigger ortransduce a signal by binding to CD81 thus modifying the function oractivity of CD81, for example, by inhibiting binding of HCV E2 ligand toCD81 and thus inhibiting binding of HCV to CD81-bearing cells.

The binding affinity and ligand efficacy of a CD81 ligand molecule canbe determined by methods known in the art. Different ligands willexhibit different binding affinities for CD81, for example, bindingaffinity can range from 1 nM to 10,000 nM and all intermediate valueswithin this range, such as 1 nM, 10 nM, 100 nM, 1,000 nM, 5,000 nM and10,000 nM. The inventors have found that ligands that bind to at leasttwo of Sites 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 identified on CD81, bind more strongly toCD81 than individual ligands for each site.

The invention contemplates such small molecules per se, as well aslarger conjugates or hybrid molecules containing one or more smallmolecules that interact with CD81. The larger conjugates or hybridmolecules may comprise more than one determinant that binds to CD81,more than one copy of a particular CD81-binding determinant, ordeterminants that bind to different sites on CD81.

Small organic molecules according to the invention are publiclyavailable, for example, as described in the ZINC database. ZINC is afree database of commercially-available compounds for virtual screening.ZINC contains over 21 million purchasable compounds in ready-to-dock, 3Dformats. ZINC is provided by the Shoichet Laboratory in the Departmentof Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California, SanFrancisco (UCSF), see: Irwin, Sterling, Mysinger, Bolstad and Coleman,J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2012DOI: 10.1021/ci3001277. The originalpublication is Irwin and Shoichet, J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2005;45(1):177-82PDF, DOI. The compounds described in the ZINC database as ofSep. 22, 2012 are incorporated by reference to the Zinc database or tothe publications above.

Functional variants of the small organic molecules of the invention arealso contemplated. Like the unmodified small organic molecule, thesevariants will bind to CD81 but may have one or more substitutions to thechemical structure of the unmodified small organic molecule ligand.Other substitutions to the core structure of a small organic moleculeligand described herein include other functional groups that improve i)binding to CD81, ii) confer specific properties such as those related tosolubility, stability, pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, absorption,tissue uptake, residence time in tissue, or ones that minimize toxicity,excretion or metabolism, iii) enable the small molecule ligand to beconjugated to other molecules, or iv) facilitate the diagnostic use ofthe small molecule ligand.

Examples include the addition or substitution of other atoms such ashalogens (chlorine, fluorine, iodine, bromine), metals or radioisotopes(to enable detection or visualization), tags such as fluorescent dyes ormolecules, biotin, digoxigenin, peptides amino acids (to improve uptake,delivery and biodistribution), or functional groups such as carboxylic,amino, amine, amide, azo, ester, thiol, sulfonyl, nitro, alkoxy, acetyl,acetoxy, hydroxyl or other alcohol, aldehyde, carbonyl, alkyl, alkene oralkyne groups or chains, ether, epoxide, hydrazone, imide, imine,isocyanate, isonitrile, isothiocyanate, ketone, nitrile, nitrene, nitro,nitroso, organophosphorus, oxime, phosphonic or phosphonous acid,sulfone, sulfonic acid, sulfoxide, thiocyanate, thioester, thioether,thioketone, urea, pyridine groups or other aromatic rings.

In some embodiments of the invention linkers or spacers are used. Theselinkers or spacers may be used to join small molecules that bind todifferent portions of CD81 and to space the small molecule moieties in ajoined molecule so that they can bind to different parts of CD81. Forexample, a small molecule that binds to Site 1 on CD81 may be spacedfrom 0 (e.g., where a carboxyl group on one small molecule ligand iscoupled to an amine group on another) to about 30 Å (3 nm) apart fromone that binds to Site 2 using a linker of an appropriate length. Inmost cases, linkers would range from 2 or 3 to about 7-10 Å. Generally,small organic ligand molecules will be joined by linkage to a singleposition on each ligand to another ligand or to an intervening linker.However, linkage may also occur at 2 or more positions on a ligandmolecule to another ligand molecule or linker. Linkers may havedifferent chemical structures including straight-chain and branchedchain structures, and structures including saturated or unsaturatedbonds (e.g., alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl), heteroatoms (e.g., nitrogen,oxygen or sulfur) or aromatic moieties. Bivalent and multivalent linkersmay contain the same or different reactive chemical groups for linkingtwo or more small molecule ligands for CD81. Linkers may range from 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or more atoms in length.Direct linkages between two or more small molecule ligands may also beused to form conjugates of CD81 ligands where each ligand has a chemicalgroup that can react with a chemical group on another ligand.

Linkers suitable for use in the invention are known in the art and areincorporated by reference to Ducry, et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 21, 5-13,Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Linking Cytotoxic Payloads to MonoclonalAntibodies (2010); to Gordon, et al., J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol.74:835-851, Solid phase synthesis—designer linkers for combinatorialchemistry: a review (1999), and to Leitner, et al., Mol. Cell.Proteonom. 9:1634-1649 (2010), which are incorporated by reference.Exemplary linkers include lysine and polyethylene glycol (PEG) moieties.

Generally, the small molecule ligands of the invention are not polymers.However, conjugates of small molecule ligands may contain multiple unitsof one or more small organic molecule ligands, for example, as linked toa dendrimer. In addition to small organic molecules linked together witha chemical linker, these small organic molecule ligands may beconjugated to larger moieties such as antibodies and other proteins,nucleic acids and nucleic acid analogs, carbohydrate and sugarmolecules, etc. The small molecule ligands, conjugates or hybrids mayalso be conjugated to detectable moieties such as avidin orstreptavidin, biotin or other detectable tags.

Hybrid molecules that comprise chemical moieties from two or more knownsmall organic molecule ligands are engineered by a process offragment-based extension.

A “composition” or “pharmaceutical or therapeutic composition” accordingto the invention refers to a combination of carrier, excipient, orsolution with a small molecule, ligand conjugate or hybrid molecule. Theterm “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” includes any and all carriersand excipients such as diluents, solvents, dispersing agents, emulsions,lipid bilayers, liposomes, coatings, preservatives includingantibacterial or antifungal agents, isotonic agents, pH buffers, andabsorption modulating agents, and the like, compatible with themolecules of the present invention and suitable for pharmaceuticaladministration. The use of such carriers, disintegrants, excipients andagents for administration of pharmaceutically active substances is wellknown in the art, see the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, 3^(rd)edition, Am. Pharm. Assoc. (2000) which is incorporated by reference.The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are generallyformulated for compatibility with an intended route of administration,such as for parenteral, oral, or topical administration.

The therapeutic compositions of the invention include at least onemolecule according to the invention in a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier. A “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” will be at least onecomponent conventionally admixed with, and used for, the administrationof an active ingredient, biological product, or drug. A therapeuticcomposition may be sterile or in a form suitable for administration to ahuman or non-human subject. A carrier may contain any pharmaceuticalexcipient used in the art and any form of vehicle for administration.The compositions may be, for example, injectable solutions, aqueoussuspensions or solutions, non-aqueous suspensions or solutions, sprays,solid and liquid oral formulations, salves, gels, ointments, intradermalpatches, creams, lotions, tablets, capsules, sustained releaseformulations, and the like. Additional excipients may include, forexample, colorants, taste-masking agents, solubility aids, suspensionagents, compressing agents, enteric coatings, sustained release aids,and the like. A suitable dosage form may be selected by one of skill inthe art from forms such as those described by “Dosage Form”; NCIThesaurus OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.3.26.1.1 NCI concept code forpharmaceutical dosage form: C42636; accessible athttp://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/DataStandards/StructuredProductLabeling/ucm162038.htm(last accessed Sep. 20, 2012) which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Orally administered compositions include a solid carrier or excipient ormay be formulated as liquid or gel preparations and may include anedible or inert carrier and may be enclosed in capsules, compressed intotablets, or formulated as a troche. Orally administered compositions maybe prepared in a time-release or encapsulated form to preventdegradation in the stomach and optimize uptake of a molecule.

Injectable compositions may be formulated by methods well known in theart and may encompass sterile solutions or dispersions of therapeuticmolecules. Such will usually include a sterile diluent, such as water,normal saline, or other buffer compatible with the molecules of theinvention. Injectable compositions may be prepared in unit dosages or inunit dose containers, such as vials, ampules, or syringes.

Conventional buffers and isotonic agents may be used and pH may beadjusted using well known agents, such as HCl or NaOH or buffers.Antimicrobial or bacteriostatic agents, chelating agents, such as EDTAor EGTA, and antioxidants and preservatives may be present.

The therapeutic compositions of the invention may be administered by anyacceptable route of administration including topically, on to a mucousmembrane, orally or enterically or parenterally. These routes include,but not limited to topical, transmucosal, orally (including buccal,sublingual), mucosally (conjunctiva, nasal, sinal, urethral, vaginal,intestinal, rectal), enteric, transdermal, intradermal, subcutaneous(s.c.), intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intravenous (i.v.) intracardiac,into a joint or bone, into an organ (brain, spinal chord, eye, ear,liver, spleen, kidney, gall bladder, bladder), into bone, cartilage, orjoint tissue, by inhalation (e.g., intranasal, intratracheal,intrapulmonary, or intrabroncial), oral, subuccal. Routes may beselected by those of skill in the art from those listed in the U.S. FDA,CDER, Data Standards Manual “Routes of Administration”; FDA Data ElementNumber. None. CDER Data Element Number. C-DRG-00301; Data Element Name.Route of Administration; Data Element OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.3.26.1.1.1Data Element NCI Concept ID: C38114; Version Number 004 accessible athttp://_www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/FormsSubmissionRequirements/ElectronicSubmissions/DataStandardsManualmonographs/ucm071667.htm;(last accessed Sep. 21, 2012) which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Example 1 Preparation of CD81-LEL Structure and Calculation of BindingSites

The AutoDock suite of programs, developed by Dr. Arthur Olson'smolecular graphics laboratory at the Scripps Research Institute, wasused to analyze the large extracellular domain of our target proteinCD81, prepare surface grid maps, and dock a library of small moleculesinto several cavities located in the vicinity of amino acid residuesknown to participate in E2 binding. The AutoDock scoring functionemploys a subset of the AMBER force field, implementing the united-atommodel [25]. AutoGrid, a second program included in the AutoDock suite,pre-calculates these grids. AutoDock Tools (ADT) is the graphical userinterface [25-28] that helps visualize the grid box and determine thedesired site, in addition to analyzing the docking results. AutoLigand[29], a recently developed AutoDock tool, was designed to identifypotential binding sites in known protein structures. This tool works byfinding a set of fill points that have the strongest possibleinteraction energy with the protein. These fill points are then used toidentify the best small molecule virtual screening hits [29].

The coordinates for the crystal structure of the open conformation ofCD81-LEL (PDB ID: 1G8Q) were obtained from the Protein Data Bank (PDB).AutoDock Tools (ADT) 1.5.6 [25-28] was used to delete water molecules,add polar hydrogens, assign Gasteiger charges, and create grid boundingboxes with a 1 Å spacing for use with AutoLigand and a 0.375 Å spacingfor use with AutoDock 4.2. AutoGrid 4.2 was used to pre-calculate gridmaps of interaction energies for various atom types and create the mapfiles that were used by AutoLigand to find the CD81-LEL binding sitesand by AutoDock for docking. The affinity at each grid point wascalculated in AutoGrid by using pair-wise energetic terms with allsurrounding atoms which include evaluations for dispersion/repulsion,hydrogen bonding, electrostatics, and desolvation:

$V = {{W_{vdw}{\sum\limits_{i,j}( {\frac{A_{ij}}{r_{ij}^{12}}\; - \frac{B_{ij}}{r_{ij}^{6}}} )}} + {W_{hbond}{\sum\limits_{i,j}{{E(t)}( {\frac{C_{ij}}{r_{ij}^{12}}\; - \frac{D_{ij}}{r_{ij}^{10}}} )}}} + {W_{elec}{\sum\limits_{i,j}\frac{q_{i}q_{j}}{{ɛ( r_{ij} )}r_{ij}}}} + {W_{sol}{\sum\limits_{i,j}{( {{S_{i}V_{j}} + {S_{J}V_{i}}} )^{({{{- r_{ij}^{2}}/2}\sigma^{2}})}}}}}$

The weighting constants W have been optimized to calibrate the empiricalfree energy based on a set of experimentally determined bindingconstants [28, 29]. The first term, W_(vdw), is a typical 6/12Lennard-Jones potential for dispersion/repulsion interactions. Theparameters are based on the AMBER force field. The second term,W_(hbond), is a directional H-bond term based on a 10/12 Lennard-Jonespotential. The parameters C and D are assigned to give a maximal welldepth of 5 kcal/mol at 1.9 Å for hydrogen bonds with oxygen andnitrogen, and a well depth of 1 kcal/mol at 2.5 Å for hydrogen bondswith sulfur. The function E(t) provides directionality based on theangle t from ideal hydrogen-bonding geometry. The third term, W_(elec),is a screened Coulomb potential for electrostatics. W_(sol)is adesolvation potential based on the volume of atoms (V) that surround agiven atom and shelter it from solvent, weighted by a solvationparameter (S) and an exponential term with distance-weighting factorσ□=3.5 Å. A and B are constants that describe the magnitude of therepulsive and attractive terms i and j are the iteration numbers of theatoms being examined. So when i=3 and j=147, all of the forces betweenatom 3 and atom 147 are being calculated. r is the distance between atomi and j, q is the charge and epsilon is the dielectric constant. σ isthe distance weighting factor that is set to: s=3.5 Å [25-27].

AutoLigand was used to rapidly scan the protein for high affinitybinding pockets and identify the optimal volume, shape, and best atomtypes for each binding site. This was accomplished by filling eachcavity on the surface of the protein with a contiguous set of affinitypoints using three steps: a) flood fill, b) local migration, and c) raycasting [29]. These fill points are a grid-based representation ofcarbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atom centers that correspond to atomiccenters of ligand atoms that fill a site, interact with the atoms in theprotein and maximize the ligand's affinity within the site. By varyingthe number of fill points, the program determines the best totalaffinity per volume of the fill as the best binding site. The flowchartin FIG. 1 shows the algorithm used by AutoLigand. An overall loop isused to scan through each point in the grid box as the seed point forthe algorithm. After each fill is generated, only the top tennon-duplicated fills are reported since many fills will overlap andproduce the same end solution.

The CD81-LEL protein was scanned by AutoLigand using fill sizes from 10to 210 fill points. The constructed grid box enclosed the entire proteinwith dimensions of 40 Å by 18 Å by 38 Å and was centered on 3.144,34.966, and 15.812 in the protein frame of reference. Five potentialligand binding sites were identified on the open CD81-LEL structure (PDBcode 1G8Q). Two sites located adjacent to amino acid residues criticalfor E2 binding were selected for docking.

Virtual Screening

AutoDock 4.2 [25-28] was used to perform virtual screening runs using asubset of the ZINC small molecule database containing 10,000 moleculestaken from the National Cancer Institute-Diversity Set II (NCI_DSII),Sigma, and Asinex libraries. The parameters were set at 100 for thenumber of genetic algorithm (GA) runs, 150 as the population size, and amaximum number of generations of 25,000. The Lamarckian geneticalgorithm in AutoDock was used to perform the docking experiments [30].Docking results were sorted by the lowest binding energy in addition tospecific ligand selection criteria that would facilitate the design andsynthesis of the best ligand conjugates. The virtual screening runs wereperformed using the National Biomedical Computation Resources (NBCR)computer cluster [31]. Vision [32] was used to construct thecomputational workflows that were used for virtual screening on the NBCRcluster. The list of small molecules calculated to bind to the two siteswere ranked according to their calculated free energy of binding, andthose with the lowest free energies were further screened manually toidentify the best ligand candidates for experimental testing.

Ligand Evaluation

Several criteria were considered in the selection of the ligands used todesign the ligand conjugates. During the initial examination of the listof ligands calculated to bind to each site by AutoDock, only ligandscontaining one free carboxyl group or one amino group (or one of each)were selected. In the most highly ranked cases, these amino or carboxylgroups were not buried in a cavity nor did they interact with theprotein surface. They were exposed to solvent and were calculated byAutoDock to bind to the protein with the functional group pointed in thegeneral direction of the second ligand binding site. Preference wasgiven to ligands that were calculated to form multiple contacts withatoms or amino acid residues in or around the perimeter of the targetedcavities. Ligands containing two or more free amino or carboxyl groupswere only considered for use in creating ligand conjugates that mightneed additional charge to increase their solubility. Molecules that werehighly hydrophobic, highly charged, known to be toxic, exist in morethan one form (such as enol-keto forms), or contained disulfide bondswere avoided. After manually filtering the ligand sets to remove themolecules that did not meet these criteria, the calculated bindingenergy was used to identify the top hits.

Surface Plasmon Resonance

SPR analysis was performed using a Biacore T200 workstation (GEHealthcare, NJ, USA). A recombinant form of the CD81-LEL protein with aGST tag (generously provided by Dr. Shoshana Levy, Stanford University)was used to confirm, using an established experimental technique, thebinding of several ligands to the protein. Briefly, 10 μM CD81-LEL-GSTdiluted into 10 mM Na-Acetate buffer pH 4.5 was immobilized for 15 minat a flow speed of 5 μl/min onto a CM5 sensor chip using amine-coupling(EDC-NHS). Approximately 20,000 RU of protein were immobilized on thechip. The ligands were prepared as 600 μM solutions in PBS-0.05%Tween-80 (the running buffer) and they were introduced to the proteinusing a pre-programmed 3 minute association and 1 minute dissociationinterval.

The binding affinity of the most tightly bound ligand in the groupselected for ligand conjugate design (Ligand 1) was estimated using datacollected from a series of SPR binding experiments conducted atdifferent ligand concentrations. To obtain the kinetic and affinity dataneeded to estimate the Kd, the original ligand was diluted serially withrunning buffer to produce seven different ligand concentrations: 1024μM, 516 μM, 256 μM, 128 μM, 64 μM, 32 μM and 0 μM. Data were fittedusing a monovalent binding model.

Dual Polarization Interferometry Analysis

DPI analyses were performed using an AnaLight 4D workstation (FarfieldGroup, Manchester UK). The recombinant CD81-LEL was immobilized onto aThiol AnaChip using Sulfo-GMBS as a cross-linker in PBS running buffer.Non-specific sites were blocked with digested casein. TRIS was used tocap the cross-linker, blocking any additional amines from covalentlybinding to the cross-linker on the chip surface. Ligands were preparedas a 20 mM stock solutions in DMSO. Each ligand was diluted to a finalconcentration of 500 μM in PBS just prior to injection (final DMSOconcentration was 2.5%). PBS and DMSO mixed in the same ratio were usedas a blank. Data collection and analysis were performed using theAnaLight Resolver.

In Silico Design of Conjugated Ligands

The pair of ligands (one from Site 1 and one from Site 2) used to designthe prototype ligand conjugate were selected using three criteria: 1)their calculated free energy of binding to CD81-LEL, 2) the strength ofbinding to the protein as determined by SPR, and 3) a confirmation ofthe ligand's binding to CD81-LEL using DPI. Using the structure of thebound ligand-CD81-LEL complexes calculated by AutoDock, the distancebetween the carboxyl groups on Ligands 1 and 4 was estimated and alinker of suitable length was designed using a combination of lysine andminiPEG molecules. The linker spacing was optimized by incorporating PEGmoieties between the ligands to adjust the length of the linker and byinserting lysine residues at key points to enable linker branching [23,24].

Target Regions on CD81-LEL

The crystal structure of the open CD81-LEL conformation was used as thetarget for the virtual screening runs performed using AutoDock toidentify small molecule ligands calculated to bind to cavities thatencompass or are located near known E2 contact residues. Based onmutation studies, Higginbottom et al. [17] identified four residues thatwere considered to be essential for the HCV E2 protein to bind toCD81-LEL. The D196E mutation in CD81 was observed to reduce binding toE2. In addition mutations F186L and E188K inhibited binding of CD81 toE2, whereas T163A enhanced their interaction [17]. Drummer et al. [19]also examined the binding site, which was estimated to coverapproximately 806 Å² of the CD81-LEL surface, and identified threeadditional amino acid contacts, Ile182, Asn184, and Leu162 [19] (FIG.2). We used these seven residues as markers to identify the best regionson the CD81-LEL protein surface to target when designing inhibitors toblock the E2:CD81 interaction.

The AutoLigand Fill Points and Energy Plot Analysis

AutoLigand was used to analyze the surface of CD81-LEL and select thebest ligand binding sites. Five binding sites were identified aspotential targets by plotting the total energy per volume (Kcal/mol Å³)for the fill points generated against the volume of the filled site andpicking those sites with the lowest values. FIG. 3 shows the data fromeach fill generated at different starting points on the surface usingincreasing numbers of fill points to fill larger and larger volumes. Thefill volumes with less than 100 Å³ are small cavities within the proteinstructure that could be water or ion binding sites and were notconsidered suitable drug targets. The dark green circles plot the valuesfor the fills near amino acid Asn184, one of the five key residues shownpreviously to interact with E2. The Best fill for the site in thisregion, −0.165 Kcal/mol Å³, was obtained using 180 fill points. As morepoints were used and the volume of the cavity increased, the calculatedfree energy of binding became less favourable.

One site calculated by AutoLigand to be an excellent small moleculebinding site was located in a region that contained five of the CD81amino acid residues (Ile182, Phe186, Asn184, Glu188, Asp196) [19] thathave been shown by others to interact with E2 (FIG. 4A). A second groupof fill points was generated for a neighboring cavity located on theopposite side of the protein (FIG. 4B). The fill points generated forthese two sites were calculated to have the lowest interaction energy ofall the sites identified on the open conformation of CD81-LEL.Consequently, these two sites were selected as the primary sites for usein small molecule docking and ligand conjugate development. Additionalregions determined to be good ligand binding sites were used to identifyother small molecules that could be linked to ligands calculated to bindto the first two sites to enable the creation of a future tridentateligand conjugate.

Docking and Analysis of Ligands Calculated to Bind to the Selected Sites

Docking runs were performed for the sites selected on CD81-LEL using theNCI Diversity Set II of small molecules. The list of ligands calculatedto bind to each site were ranked according to binding energy and howwell the ligand's atoms mapped onto the fill points for the site. Inaddition to the fill points defining the rough shape of ligands thatwould fit best within the cavity, specific fill points were also colorcoded to identify particular atoms (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen oroxygen) in the ligand that would interact optimally with the surface ofthe protein in the regions surrounding the ligand (FIG. 5). The fillpoints calculated for the site shown in FIG. 5A are colored red (forhydrogen acceptors such as oxygen or nitrogen), blue for hydrogens, orgray for carbons. One of the better ligands calculated to bind to thissite (FIG. 5B) has atoms that superimpose well with the fill point map(FIG. 5C). While the superimposition does not need to match perfectly,the points of contact on the protein are considered to be good if themajority of the different atom types in the molecule (75-80%)approximates the same location as the fill points.

The highest ranking ligands were further evaluated based on severaladditional criteria. The most important is the requirement that selectedligands contain a single amino or carboxyl group. Ligands that containeither group can easily be conjugated to a linker (miniPEG or a lysine)using the simple peptide-based chemistry used to rapidly synthesizeligand conjugates [23]. The second requirement involved the orientationof the bound ligand. Ligands were only selected if the free carboxyl oramino group were calculated to point out toward solvent and in thegeneral direction of the second binding site. This would maximize theprobability that the ligand could still bind to the protein whenconjugated to the linker, and it would enable both ligands to bind totheir respective cavities after being linked together. In addition,those ligands that formed multiple contacts/interactions with theprotein (such as hydrogen bonds, salt bridges, van der Waalsinteractions) were considered to be better than those calculated to makeonly one or two contacts.

Experimental Confirmation of Ligand Binding

A total of 36 ligands were tested experimentally using surface Plasmonresonance (on a Biacore T200 instrument) to identify which of themolecules calculated to bind to Sites 1 and 2 on CD81 actually bind to arecombinant form of the protein (CD81-LEL). Twenty-six of the moleculesprovided a positive change in response units (RU) upon introduction to achip containing the immobilized protein (Table A), indicating theligands bound to the protein. The measured responses for the ligandsthat bound varied from 2.3 to 78.4 RU. Those ligands providing thelargest responses tended to be molecules that were calculated to bindmore deeply inside cavities in Site 1 (ligands 30930, 98026, 7436,5069), Site 2 (ligands 127947, 38743) or Site 4 (ligands 78623, 16631).

Six of the more interesting ligand candidates being considered for usein creating a ligand conjugate (three calculated to bind to Site 1 andthree calculated to bind to Site 2) were further tested to confirmbinding using a second experimental technique, dual polarizationinterferometry. The results, shown in FIG. 6, confirmed that all sixligands bound to the protein. The relative rank in strength of bindingof the Site 1 and 2 ligands, as determined by DPI, were also similar tothe ranking obtained by SPR or calculated by AutoDock for the majorityof the ligands. Ligands 1 and 4 exhibited binding responses that werestronger than that observed for benzyl salicylate (0.58 radians), asmall molecule reported previously to block E2 binding to CD81 [33]. Insome cases, significant differences were observed in the actual bindingresponses obtained by SPR and DPI. As one example, Ligands 1, 2 and 5had very similar binding data when tested by SPR, but these ligandsexhibited quite different values when tested by DPI. One reason for thisobserved difference in the DPI response may relate to conformationalchanges in the protein that occur when the small molecules bind. Thechange in radians measured using DPI when a ligand binds to a protein isknown to result from a combination of two effects: 1) the resultingincrease in mass/volume when the ligand binds to the protein on thesurface of the chip and 2) a conformational change in the proteininduced by the binding of the ligand. Molecules binding in the deepercavity would be expected to have more and stronger contacts with theprotein than ligands sitting exposed to solvent in shallow cavities orsurface binding sites.

Those molecules calculated by AutoDock to have the lowest free energy ofbinding usually also exhibited the largest DPI radian change and SPRresponse. The collective data provided by the AutoDock free energycalculation, SPR, and DPI binding assays allowed us to estimate andcategorize the relative strength of the ligand's binding to CD81-LEL asstrong, moderate or weak. Within the set of six ligands shown in FIG. 6,Ligands 1, 2 and 4 exhibit the strongest binding, followed by ligands 5and 6, which are categorized as moderate binders. Ligand 3 appears to bethe weakest binder in the group. Additional SPR analyses performed usinga series of Ligand 1 concentrations (FIG. 7) provided an estimated Kd of201 μM for an affinity fit of Ligand 1 binding to the recombinantCD81-LEL.

In Silico Design of Ligand Conjugates

Based on these DPI and SPR binding results and the site of binding andorientation of the bounds ligands calculated by AutoDock, Ligands 1 and4 were used to design the first anti-HCV ligand conjugate (FIG. 8B).This bidentate ligand conjugate, which was designed to bind twodifferent sites on the open conformation of CD81-LEL located within theE2 binding site. To create the HCV ligand conjugate, the carboxyl groupof one ligand was conjugated to the alpha amino group of a lysine. Theamino group of a functionalized miniPEG was linked to the carboxyl groupof the same lysine, and the amino group of another ligand was conjugatedto the carboxyl group at the other end of the miniPEG using a type ofchemistry (carbodiimide-based) that would produce amide groups at eachconjugation point. The distance between two ligands bound to the surfaceof CD81-LEL was used to determine that only a single miniPEG moleculewould be required to link the two ligands together with sufficientseparation to allow both ligands to bind to their respective sitessimultaneously. FIG. 8 shows the structure of the prototype bidentateligand conjugate constructed using ligand 1 and ligand 4.

Table A.

Experimental analysis of ligand binding to recombinant CD81 LEL. Fortyligands calculated by AutoDock to bind to sites 1 and 2 on CD81-LEL weretested experimentally using surface Plasmon resonance as described inthe Materials and Methods section. Ligand code numbers are thoseassigned by the National Cancer Institute. The data, which were obtainedby two different methods (surface Plasmon resonance and dualpolarization interferometry), are shown for only the ligands that wereobserved to bind. Because the binding experiments were performed bypassing the same concentration of each ligand sequentially across thesame protein coated chip using both techniques, the magnitude of theresponses can be used to provide an approximate ranking of bindingstrength.

TABLE A Ligands Identified by SPR Ligand SPR Response Units Site 1689002 2.3 30930 67.7 5069 67.5 7436 78.4 21034 21.1 98026 50 12311534.5 Site 2 127947 64.8 63865 58 38743 30.6 408860 18.2 11891 15.2156957 10.6 55573 10.6 362639 6.5 73735 1957.8 Site 3 93033 16.9 2536813.3 Site 4 16631 61.8 78623 54.5 638134 25 408734 23.9 70980 14.1 6897112.1 303800 7.8 Site 5 68982 41.2 Ligands Indentified by DPI Ligand DPIRadians Site 1 165665 0.8605 164965 0.7494 Site 2 41066 0.2700 369140.1448 Site 3 80807 0.1909 Site 4 81750 0.4360 401077 0.3178The inventors identified five new CD81 ligand binding sites andpotential ligand binding sites on the surface of CD81-LEL using newlydeveloped AutoDock tools, which include AutoLigand which improved thefunctionality of AutoDock. In addition to generating fill points foreach cavity and using the collective points to provide information aboutthe volume and depth of the cavity, properties were identified forspecific point groupings (features equivalent to atoms or functionalgroups) that would optimize the ligand's interaction with specific atomslining the inner surface of the cavity. Using these tools, the inventorsefficiently identified new molecules that bound the protein. Previousstudies using earlier versions of AutoDock that did not containAutoLigand yielded results in which 25-55% of calculated bindersactually bound to the target protein. The virtual ligand screens(docking runs) performed in this study using the new suite of tools ledto the identification of 26 new small molecules that bind to CD81-LEL.Because such a high percentage of small molecules calculated by AutoDockto bind were found to bind to the protein experimentally (72%), only asmall number of ligands (36) had to be tested to obtain a sufficient setof molecules for use in designing a prototype ligand conjugate forblocking E2 binding to CD81. Seven of these ligands (689002, 127947,98026, 38743, 93033, 165665, and 164965) were also observed to exhibitsimilar or stronger binding (as determined by DPI) to CD81-LEL thanbenzyl salicylate, a small molecule reported by Holzer et al. [33] to bea moderate inhibitor blocking the binding of HCV E2 to CD81, see

TABLE B Ligand Added to CD81 Protein DPI Response (Radians) Benzylsalicylate 0.5818 164965 0.7494 165665 0.8605 93033 0.7245 38743 0.859398026 1.1918 127947 0.6461 689002 0.438

TABLE C Additional Ligands identified by SPR New CD81 Ligand ChemicalName Smiles 3001 2-[(3R)-1-(carboxylatomethyl)-3-C1(CCC[CH](C1)C)(CC(═O)O) methylcyclohexyl] acetate CC(═O)O 5856N-[[3-(benzoylcarbamothioylamino)-4- c1ccccc1C(NC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C)methylphenyl]carbamothioyl]benzamide NC(NC(c1ccccc1)═O)═S)═S)═O 79623-[4-(2-methylbutan-2-yl)phenoxy]benzoate O(c1ccc(cc1)C(CC)(C)C)c1cccc(c1)C(═O)O 8481 2-(4-tert-butylphenoxy)acetatec1c(OCC(═O)O)ccc(c1)C(C) (C)C 11667 4-N,6-N-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1-Brc1ccc(cc1)Nc1nc(c2c(n1)n(nc2)C)methylpyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-4,6-diamine Nc1ccc(Br)cc1 161622-(ethylamino)benzoate c1(c(cccc1)NCC)C(═O)O 166464-propan-2-yloxybenzoate c1cc(ccc1OC(C)C)C(═O)O 20586diaminomethylidene-[4- c1c(ccc(c1)NC(═N)N)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylideneazaniumyl)phenyl]azanium 238952-carboxy-5-piperidin-1-ylphenolate N1(CCCCC1)c1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O 256782-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)quinoline-4-carboxylaten1c(c2ccc(cc2C)C)cc(c2c1cccc2) C(═O)O 317125-fluoro-2,4-dioxo-1H-pyrimidine-6- O═c1[nH]c(═O)[nH]c(c1F)C carboxylate(═O)O 40614 (E)-2,3-diphenylprop-2-enoate c1ccccc1/C═C(\c1ccccc1)C (═O)O60239 2-(2-prop-2-enylphenoxy)acetate c1(c(cccc1)CC═C)OCC(═O)O 73170(2S)-2-[(3- Clc1cc(ccc1)NC(═O)O[CH] chlorophenyl)carbamoyloxy]propanoate(C)C(═O)O 75866 2-indol-1-ylacetate n1(c2ccccc2cc1)CC(═O)O 768232-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H- COC1═CC═CC(═C1) perimidineC2NC3═CC═CC4═C3C(═CC═C4)N2 87504 3-[(2R)-piperidin-1-ium-2-yl]pyridinen1cc(ccc1)[CH]1NCCCC1 88883 3-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin-1-ium-4-yl)-1H-c1cc2n(C3═CCNCC3)c benzimidazol-2-one ([nH]c2cc1)═O 897203-pyridin-3-ylpropanoate n1cc(ccc1)CCC(═O)O 904442-amino-3,5-dimethylbenzoate c1c(cc(c(c1C(═O)O)N)C)C 949142-[(2-phenylphenyl)methyl]propanedioate c1ccccc1c1c(cccc1)CC(C(═O)O)C(═O)O 97538 butyl-[[(2R)-oxolan-2-yl]methyl]azaniumO1[CH](CCC1)CNCCCC 106863 3-oxo-6-(phenylhydrazinylidene)cyclohexa-1,4-N(/c1ccc(cc1C(═O)O)O)═N\c diene-1-carboxylate 1ccccc1 1179223-(carbamoylcarbamoyl)pyrazine-2-carboxylate n1c(c(ncc1)C(═O)O)C(═O)NC(═O)N 120631 4-(2-phenoxyethoxy)benzoate O(c1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)CCOc1ccccc1 134137 3-oxo-4-[(4- N(═N\c1c(c(cc2c1cccc2)C(═O)O)O)/sulfamoylphenyl)hydrazinylidene]naphthalene- c1ccc(cc1)S(═O)(═O)N2-carboxylate 142446 4-chloro-N-ethyl-6-(1-phenylindol-3-yl)-1,3,5-n1(c2ccccc2)c2ccccc2c(c1)c1 triazin-2-amine nc(Cl)nc(n1)NCC 144958(Z)-4-oxo-4-(quinolin-8-ylamino)but-2-enoate n1cccc2c1c(ccc2)NC(/C═C\C(═O)O)═O 148832 (2E,4E)-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethyl-4-O═C1CC([C](C(═C1)C) oxocyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3-methylpenta-2,4-(/C═C/C(C)═C/C(═O)O)O)(C)C dienoate 1531722-[2-(3-methoxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1- N(/c1cc(c(cc1)O)OC)═N\c1ccylidene)hydrazinyl]benzoate ccc1C(═O)O 2152764-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate c1(c(cc(cc1)C)C(═O)CCC (═O)O)C252359 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methyl-7-(4- c1(nc2n(c(c1)N1CCN(CC1)C)methylpiperazin-4-ium-1-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5- nc(n2)c1ccc(cc1)Cl)Ca]pyrimidine 263636 (3-carbamoyl-8-ethoxychromen-2- c1c(OCC)c2ocylidene)azanium (c(cc2cc1)C(═O)N)═N 3319312-(furan-2-ylmethylamino)benzoate c1cc(c(cc1)NCc1ccco1)C(═O)O 403374(4-chlorophenyl)carbamothioyl- Clc1ccc(cc1)NC(═S)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylidene)azanium 5246152-[(2S)-octan-2-yl]oxycarbonylbenzoate c1cccc(c1C(═O)O[CH](C)CCCCCC)C(═O)O 601359 N-(4-bromonaphthalen-1-yl)-1-c1cccc2c1c(c(cc2)C(═O)Nc1c hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxamide2ccccc2c(cc1)Br)O

Example 2

A subset of the ligands identified to bind to CD81 have been testedusing Dual Polarization Interferometry (DPI) to determine if the ligandsthemselves are effective in blocking E2 binding to CD81. The experimentsare conducted by first immobilizing one of the proteins (HCV E2 or CD81)on the chip used to perform the assay. The other protein is thenintroduced to the chip and the amount of binding is measured. Thisprotein is then washed off and the protein and one of the ligands arethen introduced to the chip. If the ligand blocks/interferes with thebinding of the two proteins, the DPI response (measured in Radians) isreduced compared to when the protein is added alone. After themeasurement is made, the protein and ligand are washed off and the nextcombination of the protein and a different ligand are added to the chipand the DPI response is measured. Similar experiments can be performedin which the protein is mixed with two or more ligands to see if theyhave a greater effect when combined.

Experiments have been conducted with either CD81 or HCV E2 immobilizedon the chip. Six ligands have been tested to date. The following Table Dshows data for four ligands that block E2 binding to CD81.

TABLE D Molecule Added to CD81 DPI Binding Response (Radians) 689002Ligand 0.555 165665 Ligand 0.8605 93033 Ligand 0.7245 30930 Ligand 1.102E2 Protein 4.1402 E2 Protein + 689002 Ligand 2.7003 E2 Protein + 165665Ligand −0.0047 E2 Protein + 93033 Ligand 0.2546 E2 Protein + 30930Ligand 2.5262 E2 Protein + 30930 + 68365 1.4531 E2 Protein + 689002 +93033 0.4009 E2 Protein + 93033 + 165665 0.7654 E2 Protein + 93033 +16631 0.531

Example 3

Two sets of ligand conjugates are provided as examples of specificmolecules that are created by linking together either two or three ofligands that have been determined to bind to CD81. The resultingcompounds function as inhibitors blocking E2 binding to CD81. The firsttwo examples containing two ligands (see structures below) aresynthesized using the procedures shown in FIGS. 14 and 15.

Two linked:

81750+75846 (FIG. 14) 93033+689002 (FIG. 15)

Similar procedures are used to link three CD81 ligands to obtainmultivalent ligands described below.Three linked:21034+73735+6898273735+68971+6898270980+165665+362639

Example 4

Screening small molecule ligands, ligand conjugates and hybrid moleculesfor an ability to inhibit E2 binding to CD81 or other CD81 activity invitro.

The same technique used to screen the ligands to confirm their bindingto CD81, Surface plasmon resonance (SPR), was used as an in vitro assayto test the ligands, hybrid molecules and ligand conjugates for theirability to block HCV E2 protein binding to CD81. Since the binding of E2to CD81 is required for HCV invasion into hepatocytes, such an assay isused to identify those ligands, hybrid molecules and ligand conjugatesthat should be tested further. The assays are conducted using a BiacoreT200 workstation (GE Healthcare, NJ, USA). The Biacore workstation islabel free system that utilizes the natural phenomenon of surfaceplasmon resonance (SPR) to measure molecules binding to each other. Thesurface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomenon occurs when polarized lightstrikes an electrically conducting gold layer on a biochip at theinterface between media of different refractive index: the glass of asensor surface (high refractive index) and a buffer (low refractiveindex (e.g., PBS buffer). A change in the resonance angle occurs whenmolecules bind to the surface due to the change in the refractive indexof the solution close to the gold layer of the biochip.

To determine if a molecule blocks HCV E2 binding to CD81, a recombinantform of the CD81 LEL protein is immobilized for 15 min on a CM5 sensorchip at a flow speed of 5 μl/min using an amine-coupling reagent(EDC-NHS) and a competition experiment is conducted. Approximately20,000 response units (RU) of protein is immobilized on the chip. Theligands, hybrid molecules or ligand conjugates are prepared as 600 μMsolutions in PBS-0.05% Tween-80 (the running buffer) and they areintroduced to the chip and binding is measured using a pre-programmed 3minute association and 1 minute dissociation interval. To perform thecompetition experiment, HCV E2 protein is first added to the chip andthe binding response is quantified. The HCV E2 protein is washed off,and then the ligand, hybrid molecule or ligand conjugate to be tested asa potential competitor for its ability to block HCV E2 binding is thenadded. After binding, the molecule is not washed off. The E2 protein isthen added again, this time in the presence of the molecule beingtested, and the binding response is measured. If the binding response inthe presence of the ligand being tested is lower than when HCV E2 isadded alone to CD81, the result indicates that the ligand being testedis effective in blocking E2 binding at the concentration tested. Such anexperiment can be repeated using different concentrations of ligand toidentify what concentration is required to totally block binding.

Example 5

Screening small molecule ligands, ligand conjugates and hybrid moleculesfor an ability to inhibit E2 binding to CD81 or other CD81 activity invivo.

Experiments conducted with human hepatoma cells Huh-7 are used todetermine if particular ligands, hybrid molecule or ligand conjugatesare effective in inhibiting HCV virus invasion by blocking E2 binding toCD81 in vivo. Huh-7 cells produce CD81 on their surface and have beenshown to be a good test system for studying HCV virus invasion. Theassay involves producing HCV pseudo particles in a human embryonickidney cell line (293T) by transfecting three vectors into the kidneycells: 1) a vector encoding the retroviral Gag and Pol proteins whichare responsible for particle budding at the plasma membrane and HCV RNAencapsulation, 2) a vector encoding a reporter protein (Luciferase orGFP), and 3) a vector encoding HCV glycoproteins E1 and E2, which arenecessary for viral tropism and fusion of HCV pseudo type particles withthe target cell membrane. The 293T cells transfected with the HCVpp arethen used to infect Huh-7 cells and the extent of infection of the Huh-7cells is evaluated by quantifying the amount of luciferase or GFPexpressed in the Huh-7 cells. Working with this system, the ligands,hybrid molecules and ligand conjugates are added to the cell system atdifferent concentrations and the level of Huh-7 infection is measured byquantifying luminescence or fluorescence produced upon Luciferase or GFPexpression.

Example 6 Ligands Targeting CD81-LEL Identified Using SPR

Additional ligands targeting CD81 were shown to bind to CD81 usingsurface plasmon resonance.

Method for Determining Ligand Binding by SPR Using a Biacore Instrument

SPR analysis was performed using a Biacore T100 workstation (GEHealthcare, NJ, USA). A recombinant form of the CD81-LEL protein with aGST-tag (Shoshana Levy Lab-Stanford) was used to determine the bindingaffinities of the ligands in the above list. 10 uM CD81-LEL-His dilutedinto 10 mM sodium acetate buffer pH 4.5 was immobilized for 15 mM at aflow speed of 5 ul/min onto a CM5 sensor chip using amine coupling(EDC-NHS). Approximately 20,000 RU of protein were immobilized on thechip. The ligands were prepared as 200 uM solutions in PBS-1% DMSO (therunning buffer) and they were introduced to the protein using apre-programmed 3 min association and 1 min dissociation interval.Ligands that bind have a positive RU (response units) number and thestrength of binding to the CD81 protein is related to the magnitude ofthe RU number; the larger the number the more binding.

TABLE E Ligand M. Wt Binding (RU) 87504 484.51 57.9 40614 224 50.8 75866175 18.9 20586 192 17.4 90444 165 13.1 89720 151 9.2 403374 229 12.67962 284 14.7 117922 210 10.2 106863 242 11.6 23895 221 10 25678 277.3211.1 215276 206 7.4 120631 258 8.3 16162 165 5.1 60239 192 5.8 16646 1804.9 331931 217 5.9 252359 343 9.3 134137 371 10 97538 157 4.2 94914 2707.2 88883 215 5.4 31712 174 4.1 3001 214 4.6 11667 474 9.6 76823 292 5.473170 244 4.3 144958 242 4.1 524615 278 4.1 263636 232 3.4 148832 2642.9 601359 392 4.1 153172 272 2.6 8481 208 1.8 142446 350 2.5 5856 4492.7A subset of these ligands and some of those listed in the patent havebeen tested to identify those ligands that bind to the correct region ofthe CD81 protein and for binding to native CD81 on living cells (a Rajicell line). This assay tests three concentrations of the ligand todetermine if the ligand is capable of inhibiting the binding of anantibody called JS-81. This antibody is known to bind to the region ofthe CD81 protein we have targeted. If the ligand decreases JS-81 bindingas you increase the concentration of the ligand, it is 1) binding tonative CD81 on the Raji cells and 2) it is binding to the correct regionof the protein.

Competition Assay to Test Ligand Binding to Native CD81 on Live Cells

For antibody neutralization assay Raji cells were used, a human B cellline that expressed high amounts of CD81 on the surface (data notshown). Cells were grown in RPMI medium (10% FCS, 1%penicillin/streptomycin, 1% L-glutamine, 1% non-essential amino acids,1% sodium pyruvate, pH 7.4, at 37° C. with 5% CO2). 2×105 cells wereincubated with or without different concentrations (50 μM, 100 μM, 400μM and 1 mM) of indicated inhibitor for 20 min at room temperature,subsequently 1 ul (16 ng/μl) of FITC-labeled anti CD81 antibody (BDPharmingen, 551108) was added to the cells and incubated for 20 min(antibody titration was performed to obtain a working dilution range,data not shown). Cells were washed and analyzed by flow cytometry usingfluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) (BD FACSCalibur, software:Cell Quest Pro). Mean Fluorescence Intensity MFI was calculated usingFlowjo software (TreesStar, www.flowjo.com).

TABLE F Inhibition of JS-81 antibody to CD81 on Raji Cells usingdifferent concentrations of the ligands (50 uM, 100 uM, and 400 uM)Inhibition of JS-81 Binding (%) Ligand 50 μM 100 μM 400 μM 75866 0 1 3123895 0 0 17 73735 0 0 24 7962 0 0 19 87504 0 6 20 90444 0 0 24 25678 04 19 40614 0 8 26 98026 0 0 21 134137 0 6 26 7436 0 12 11 30930 0 0 14127947 0 0 24 106863 0 0 19 117922 0 12 26 144958 0 54 12 68982 0 13 1575846 0 0 52 698002 0 0 14 93033 0 0 16

Tables 1-37

Table AA (above) describes ligands that bind to particular CD81 bindingsites. Ligand conjugates binding to two, three, four or five sites onCD81 may be designed by combining or covalently attaching ligands thatbind to different CD81 sites. For example, conjugates that bind to morethan one CD81 binding site may be produced by combining a ligand thatbinds to Site 1 with one or more ligands binding to Sites 2, 3, 4 or 5;by combining a ligand that binds to Site 2 with one or more ligandsbinding to Sites 3, 4, or 5; by combining a ligand that binds to Site 3,with one or more ligands binding to Sites 4 or 5; and by combining oneor more ligands binding to Site 4, with one or more ligands binding toSite 5.

Table 1 (below) shows small organic molecule ligands calculated to bindto CD81.

Table 2 shows hybrid molecules designed to bind to Site 1, 2, 3 or 4 onCD81.

Tables 3-31 show representative ligands suitable for binding toparticular CD81 ligands. Table 3 shows ligands for linking to compound689002. Table 4 shows ligands for linking to compound 30930. Table 5shows ligands for linking to compound 165665. Table 6 shows ligands forlinking to compound 93033. Table 7 shows ligands for linking to compound16631. Table 8 shows ligands for linking to compound 63865. Table 9shows ligands for linking to compound 5069. Table 10 shows ligands forlinking to compound 11891. Table 11 shows ligands for linking tocompound 21034. Table 12 shows ligands for linking to compound 41066.Table 13 shows ligands for linking to compound 55573. Table 14 showsligands for linking to compound 68971. Table 15 shows ligands forlinking to compound 68982. Table 16 shows ligands for linking tocompound 73735. Table 17 shows ligands for linking to compound 75846.Table 18 shows ligands for linking to compound 78623. Table 19 showsligands for linking to compound 81750. Table 20 shows ligands forlinking to compound 98026. Table 21 shows ligands for linking tocompound 127947. Table 22 shows ligands for linking to compound 156957.Table 23 shows ligands for linking to compound 401077. Table 24 showsligands for linking to compound 408734. Table 25 shows ligands forlinking to compound 303800. Table 26 shows ligands for linking tocompound 38743. Table 27 shows ligands for linking to compound 408860.Table 28 shows ligands for linking to compound 362639. Table 29 showsligands for linking to compound 123115. Table 30 shows ligands forlinking to compound 70980. Table 31 shows ligands for linking tocompound 36914.

Tables 32-37 show other examples of ligand conjugates produced bylinking different ligands binding to CD81. Table 32 shows ligands forlinking to two other ligands, one chosen from each of two ligand groupsshown in Tables 33, 34, 35, 36 or 37. Table 33 shows ligands for linkingto two other ligands, one chosen from each of two ligand groups shown inTables 32, 34, 35, 36 or 37. Table 34 shows ligands for linking to twoother ligands, one chosen from each of two ligand groups shown in Tables32, 33, 35, 36 or 37. Table 35 shows ligands for linking to two otherligands, one chosen from each of two ligand groups shown in Tables 32,33, 34, 36 or 37. Table 36 shows ligands for linking to two otherligands, one chosen from each of two ligand groups shown in Tables 32,33, 34, 35 or 37. Table 37 shows ligands for linking to two otherligands, one chosen from each of two ligand groups shown in Tables 32,33, 34, 35 or 36.

TABLE 1 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 50692-[(4S,12S,13R,14S,19R,21S)-9-nitro- C1C[C]23[CH]4[N]1CC═1[CH](C4)[CH]7,8-dioxo-15-oxa-1,11- ([CH]3NC═3C2═CCdiazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,21} (═O)C(═O)C3N(═O)═O)[CH](OCC1) .0{circumflex over( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over ( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17-trien- CC(═O)O14-yl]acetic acid 5856 N-[[3-(benzoylcarbamothioylamino)-4-c1ccccc1C(NC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C)NC(NC(c methylphenyl]carbamothioyl]benzamide1ccccc1)═O)═S)═S)═O 7436 4-amino-N-(4-tert-butylphenyl)benzene-c1cc(ccc1NS(c1ccc(cc1)N)(═O)═O)C(C)(C)C 1-sulfonamide 79623-[4-(2-methylbutan-2- O(c1ccc(cc1)C(CC)(C)C)c1cccc(c1)C(═O)Oyl)phenoxy]benzoate 8481 2-(4-tert-butylphenoxy)acetatec1c(OCC(═O)O)ccc(c1)C(C)(C)C 118912-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)acetic c1cccc2c1nc(SCC(═O)O)s2 acid16162 2-(ethylamino)benzoate c1(c(cccc1)NCC)C(═O)O 166313,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid c1(cc(ccc1O)C(═O)O)O 166464-propan-2-yloxybenzoate c1cc(ccc1OC(C)C)C(═O)O 20586diaminomethylidene-[4- c1c(ccc(c1)NC(═N)N)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylideneazaniumyl)phenyl]azanium 21034(2Z)-3-(6-nitro-2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-O1c2cc(c(cc2OC1)/C═C\C(═O)O)N(═O)═O yl)prop-2-enoic acid 238952-carboxy-5-piperidin-1-ylphenolate N1(CCCCC1)c1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O 253682-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2- C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid O)O 256782-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)quinoline-4- n1c(c2ccc(cc2C)C)cc(c2c1cccc2)C(═O)Ocarboxylate 30930 5-(benzyloxy)-1H-indole-2-carboxylic[nH]1c2ccc(cc2cc1C(═O)O)OCc1ccccc1 acid 317125-fluoro-2,4-dioxo-1H-pyrimidine-6- O═c1[nH]c(═O)[nH]c(c1F)C(═O)Ocarboxylate 36914 2-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin-n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O 9-yl)acetic acid 387433-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4- O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)Oyl)propanoic acid 40614 (E)-2,3-diphenylprop-2-enoatec1ccccc1/C═C(\c1ccccc1)C(═O)O 41066 2-[(2-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoicacid c1cccc(c1C(Nc1ccccc1N(═O)═O)═O)C(═O)O 55573(2E)-3-[(2-methylpropyl)carbamoyl]prop- C(═C\C(═O)NCC(C)C)/C(═O)O2-enoic acid 60239 2-(2-prop-2-enylphenoxy)acetatec1(c(cccc1)CC═C)OCC(═O)O 63865 5-{2-oxo-hexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-O═C1N[CH]2[CH](N1)[CH](SC2)CCCC d]imidazolidin-4-yl}pentanoic acidC(═O)O 68971 2-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 73170 (2S)-2-[(3- Clc1cc(ccc1)NC(═O)O[CH](C)C(═O)Ochlorophenyl)carbamoyloxy]propanoate 737352-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3- c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(cmethoxyphenyl}-2- (cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OC methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoicacid 75846 4-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide75866 2-indol-1-ylacetate n1(c2ccccc2cc1)CC(═O)O 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O) dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoicacid O)CCC(═O)N 81750 4-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc tetrahydro-1H-purin-8- (cc1)C(═O)O)Cyl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 87504 3-[(2R)-piperidin-1-ium-2-yl]pyridinen1cc(ccc1)[CH]1NCCCC1 89720 3-pyridin-3-ylpropanoate n1cc(ccc1)CCC(═O)O93033 4-[2-(2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4- O═c1n(ccc([nH]1)═O)CC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)Ctetrahydropyrimidin-1-yl)acetamido]-2- (═O)O)O)═O hydroxybenzoic acid94914 2-[(2-phenylphenyl)methyl]propanedioatec1ccccc1c1c(cccc1)CC(C(═O)O)C(═O)O 97538butyl-[[(2R)-oxolan-2-yl]methyl]azanium O1[CH](CCC1)CNCCCC 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2) 1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}aceticC/C═C(\C)C acid 106863 3-oxo-6- N(/c1ccc(cc1C(═O)O)O)═N\c1ccccc1(phenylhydrazinylidene)cyclohexa-1,4- diene-1-carboxylate 1179223-(carbamoylcarbamoyl)pyrazine-2- n1c(c(ncc1)C(═O)O)C(═O)NC(═O)Ncarboxylate 120631 4-(2-phenoxyethoxy)benzoateO(c1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)CCOc1ccccc1 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- ([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate 1279472-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3- c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1ccmethoxyphenyl}-2- (c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OC methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoicacid 134137 3-oxo-4-[(4- N(═N\c1c(c(cc2c1cccc2)C(═O)O)O)/c1ccsulfamoylphenyl)hydrazinylidene]naphtha- c(cc1)S(═O)(═O)Nlene-2-carboxylate 142446 4-chloro-N-ethyl-6-(1-phenylindol-3-yl)-n1(c2ccccc2)c2ccccc2c(c1)c1nc(Cl)nc 1,3,5-triazin-2-amine (n1)NCC 144958(Z)-4-oxo-4-(quinolin-8-ylamino)but-2- n1cccc2c1c(ccc2)NC(/C═C\C(═O)O)═Oenoate 148832 (2E,4E)-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2,6,6-O═C1CC([C](C(═C1)C)(/C═C/C(C)═C/C trimethyl-4-oxocyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3-(═O)O)O)(C)C methylpenta-2,4-dienoate 1531722-[2-(3-methoxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5- N(/c1cc(c(cc1)O)OC)═N\c1ccccc1C(═O)dien-1-ylidene)hydrazinyl]benzoate O 156957 1-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5-N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1cccc oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid c1)═O165665 (3-hydroxyphenyl)thiourea c1ccc(cc1NC(═S)N)O 2152764-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate c1(c(cc(cc1)C)C(═O)CCC(═O)O)C252359 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methyl-7-(4-c1(nc2n(c(c1)N1CCN(CC1)C)nc(n2)c1cc methylpiperazin-4-ium-1-yl)-c(cc1)Cl)C [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3319312-(furan-2-ylmethylamino)benzoate c1cc(c(cc1)NCc1ccco1)C(═O)O 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-l,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1ntriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5- c(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O) yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acidCc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2 403374 (4-chlorophenyl)carbamothioyl-Clc1ccc(cc1)NC(═S)NC(N)═N (diaminomethylidene)azanium 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N (═O)═O 601359N-(4-bromonaphthalen-1-yl)-1- c1cccc2c1c(c(cc2)C(═O)Nc1c2ccccc2chydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxamide (cc1)Br)O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid 689002 9-Oxo-9H-thioxanthene-3-carboxamidec1ccc2c(c1)C(c1c(S2(═O)═O)cc(cc1)C 10,10-dioxide (═O)N)═O

TABLE 2 Ligand Parents Chemical Name SMILES 68971 & 4-hydroxy-3-C1═C(C═CC═C1)OC(NC2═CC(═CC═C2O)C(O)═O)═O 16631[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68971 & 2,4-dihydroxy-5-C1═C(C═CC═C1)OC(NC2═CC(═C(C═C2O)O)C(O)═O)═O 16631[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68971 &4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5-C1═C(C═CC═C1)OC(NC2═CC(═C(C═C2O)CO)C(O)═O)═O 16631[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68971 & 5-[(5-amino-2-C1(═C(C═C(C═C1)N)OC(NC2═CC═C(C(═C2)C(═O)O)O)═O)O 78623hydroxyphenoxycarbonyl)amino]-2- hydroxybenzoic acid 68971 &2-hydroxy-5-[(2- C1(═C(C═CC═C1)OC(NC2═CC═C(C(═C2)C(═O)O)O)═O)O 78623hydroxyphenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 78623 &2-(3-carbamoyl-1-carboxypropyl)-5-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═C(C(═CC═C12)O)C(O)═O)C([H])(C(═O)O)CCC(═O)N 16631hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H- isoindole-4-carboxylic acid 78623 &2-[5-amino-6-(carboxymethyl)-1,3-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═CC(═C(C═C12)N)CC(═O)O)C([H])(C(═O)O)CCC(═O)N 81750dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-4- carbamoylbutanoic acid 78623 &4-carbamoyl-2-[5-(carboxymethyl)-1,3-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═CC(═CC═C12)CC(═O)O)C([H])(C(═O)O)CCC(═O)N 81750dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2- yl]butanoic acid 78623 &2-[4-(aminomethyl)-5-hydroxy-6-methyl-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═C(C(═C(C═C12)C)O)CN)C([H])(C(═O)O)CCC(═O)N 4010771,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]- 4-carbamoylbutanoic acid 78623& 2-[4-(aminomethyl)-5-hydroxy-1,3-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═C(C(═CC═C12)O)CN)C([H])(C(═O)O)CCC(═O)N 401077dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-4- carbamoylbutanoic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═CC═CC═C12)C([H])(C(═O)O)CC3═C([N](C4═CC(═C(C═C34)O)O)[H])O& 16631 yl)-3-(2,5,6-trihydroxy-1H-indol-3- yl)propanoic acid 4010773-(5,6-dihydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-(1,3-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═CC═CC═C12)C([H])(C(═O)O)CC3═C[N](C4═CC(═C(C═C34)O)O)[H] &16631 dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2- yl)propanoic acid 4010773-(5-amino-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-(4-hydroxy-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═CC═CC(═C12)O)C([H])(C(═O)O)CC3═C[N](C4═CC═C(C═C34)N)[H] &81750 1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2- yl)propanoic acid 4010772-(4-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-O═C1N(C(═O)C2═CC═CC(═C12)O)C([H])(C(═O)O)CC3═C[N](C4═CC═CC═C34)[H] &81750 isoindol-2-yl)-3-(1H-indol-3- yl)propanoic acid 4087343-(dihydroxymethyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-N1═C(N═C(C(═C1N)N═NC2═C(C═C(C═C2C(O)O)C(═O)O)CO)N)N & 166314-[2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-1- yl]benzoic acid 4087343-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[2- N1═C(N═C(C(═C1N)N═NC2═C(C═C(C═C2)C(═O)O)CO)N)N &16631 (triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-1- yl]benzoic acid 4087342-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[2-N1═C(N═C(C(═C1N)N═NC2═CC(═C(C(═C2)CO)C(═O)O)O)N)N &303800(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-1- yl]benzoic acid 4087342-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[2- N1═C(N═C(C(═C1N)N═NC2═CC═C(C(═C2)CO)C(═O)O)N)N&303800 (triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-1- yl]benzoic acid 4087342-hydroxy-4-[2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-N1═C(N═C(C(═C1N)N═NC2═CC═C(C(═C2)O)C(═O)O)N)N & 78623yl)diazen-1-yl]benzoic acid 81750 & 4-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═C3N(C(═O)C1═C(N═C([N]1[H])C(NC2═CC═C(C═C2)C(═O)O)O)N3C)C 16631tetrahydro-1H-purin-8- yl)(hydroxy)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 6890026-(6-carbamoyl-9,10,10-trioxo-9H-C1(═CC3═C(C═C1)[S](C2═CC(═CC═C2C3═O)C(═O)N)(═O)═O)C4═CC═C5C(═C4)NC(C5)C(O)═O& 30930 10$l{circumflex over ( )}{6}-thioxanthen-2-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid 689002 2-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-5,5,10-trioxo-C3(C═CC2═C(C(C1═CC═C(C═C1[S]2(═O)═O)C(═O)N)═O)N3)CCC(C)(C)C & 74361H,2H,10H-5$l{circumflex over ( )}{6},1- thiochromeno[3,2-b]pyridine-7-carboxamide 689002 [6-carbamoyl-2-(2-carboxyethyl)-C1(═CC3═C(C═C1[N](═O)O)[S](C2═CC(═CC═C2C3═O)C(═O)N)(═O)═O)CCC(O)═O &21034 9,10,10-trioxo-9H-10$l{circumflex over ( )}{6}-thioxanthen-3-yl](hydroxy)nitroso 689002 2-[(6-carbamoyl-2,3-diformyl-9,10,10-C1(═C(C3═C(C═C1C═O)[S](C2═CC(═CC═C2C3═O)C(═O)N)(═O)═O)OCC(═O)O)C═O &98026 trioxo-9H-10$l{circumflex over ( )}{6}-thioxanthen-1-yl)oxy]acetic acid 689002 & 9a-amino-2-(chloromethyl)-9,10,10-C1(═CC3(C(C═C1)[S](C2═CC(═CC═C2C3═O)C(═O)N)(═O)═O)N)CC1 164965trioxo-9,9a-dihydro-4aH-10$l{circumflex over ( )}{6}-thioxanthene-6-carboxamide 689002 & 3-carbamoyl-9-methoxy-10,10-dioxo-C1═CC3═C(C═C1)[S](C2═CC(═CC═C2C3(OC(═O)O)OC)C(═O)N)(═O)═O 1231159H-10$l{circumflex over ( )}{6}-thioxanthen-9-yl hydrogen carbonate 5069& 2-[16-(carbamoylmethyl)-9-nitro-7,8-C1CC45C3([H])N1CC2═CC(OC(C(C2([H])C3)([H])C4([H])NC6═C(C(C(C═C56)═O)═O)[N](═O)═O)([H])CC(═O)O)CC(N)═O689002 dioxo-15-oxa-1,11- diazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,21}.0{circumflex over ( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over ( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17- trien-14-yl]acetic acid5069 & 2-[17-(2-aminoethyl)-9-nitro-7,8-dioxo-C1CC45C3([H])N1CC2═C(COC(C(C2([H])C3)([H])C4([H])NC6═C(C(C(C═C56)═O)═O)[N](═O)═O)([H])CC(═O)O)CCN7436 15-oxa-1,11- diazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,21}.0{circumflex over ( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over ( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17- trien-14-yl]acetic acid5069 & 2-[9-nitro-6-(nitromethyl)-7,8-dioxo-15-C1CC45C3([H])N1CC2═CCOC(C(C2([H])C3)([H])C4([H])NC6═C(C(C(C(═C56)C[N](═O)═O)═O)═O)[N](═O)═O)([H])CC(═O)O21034 oxa-1,11- diazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,21}.0{circumflex over ( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over ( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17- trien-14-yl]acetic acid5069 & 2-[17-(2-aminoethyl)-9-nitro-6-C1CC45C3([H])N1CC2═C(COC(C(C2([H])C3)([H])C4([H])NC6═C(C(C(C(═C56)C[N](═O)═O)═O)═O)[N](═O)═O)([H])CC(═O)O)CCN7436 & (nitromethyl)-7,8-dioxo-15-oxa-1,11- 21034diazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,21}.0{circumflex over ( )}{5, 10}.0{circumflex over( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17- trien-14-yl]acetic acid 30930 &5-{[2-(carbamothioylamino)-3-[N]3([H])C1═C(C═C(C═C1)OCC2═CC═CC(═C2NC(N)═S)C═O)C═C3C(═O)O 165665formylphenyl]methoxy}-1H-indole-2- carboxylic acid 30930 &[4-(aminomethyl)-2-{[(2-carboxy-7-[N]3([H])C1═C(C═C(C═C1C)OCC2═C(C═CC(═C2)CN)[S](═O)═O)C═C3C(═O)O 7436methyl-1H-indol-5- yl)oxy]methyl}benzene]sulfonyl 30930 &5-(2-nitro-1-phenylethoxy)-1H-indole-2-[N]3([H])C1═C(C═C(C═C1)OC(C2═CC═CC═C2)C[N](═O)═O)C═C3C(═O)O 21034carboxylic acid 30930 & 5-(3-oxo-1-phenylpropoxy)-1H-indole-2-[N]3([H])C1═C(C═C(C═C1)OC(C2═CC═CC═C2)CC═O)C═C3C(═O)O 98026 carboxylicacid 30930 & 5-{2-[(4-amino-2,5-dioxocyclohex-3-en-[N]4([H])C1═C(C═C(C═C1)OC(C2═CC═CC═C2)CNC3CC(C(═CC3═O)N)═O)C═C4C(═O)O123115 1-yl)amino]-1-phenylethoxy}-1H-indole- 2-carboxylic acid 165665{3-[(4-tert-butylphenyl)sulfamoyl]-5-C1═C(C═C(C═C1[S](NC2═CC═C(C═C2)C(C)(C)C)(═O)═O)O)NC(═S)N & 7436hydroxyphenyl}thiourea 165665 3-{2-[3-(carbamothioylamino)-5-C1═C(C═C(C═C1C2CC3C(C2)C═C(C(═C3)[N](═O)═O)CCC(═O)O)O)NC(═S)N & 21034hydroxyphenyl]-6-nitro-2,3,3a,7a- tetrahydro-1H-inden-5-yl}propanoicacid 165665 2-[(3-{2-[2-(carbamothioylamino)-4-C1(═C(C═C(C═C1)O)NC(═S)N)CCC2═C(C(C3C(C2═O)C═CC═C3)═O)OCC(O)═O & 98026hydroxyphenyl]ethyl}-1,4-dioxo- 1,4,4a,8a-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)oxy]acetic acid 165665 & (3-{amino[(3-C1(═CC(═CC(═C1)C(NC2═CC(═CC═C2)Cl)N)NC(N)═S)O 164965chlorophenyl)amino]methyl}-5- hydroxyphenyl)thiourea 7436 &4-amino-N-(4-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-5-C1(═C(C═C(C(═C1)C(C)(C)C)[N](═O)═O)N[S](C2═CC═C(C═C2)N)(═O)═O)O 21034nitrophenyl)benzene-1-sulfonamide 7436 &2-[(4-aminobenzene)sulfonamido]-5-tert-C1(═C(C═C(C(═C1)C(C)(C)C)C═O)N[S](C2═CC═C(C═C2)N)(═O)═O)OC(═O)O 98026butyl-4-formylphenyl hydrogen carbonate 7436 & 2-{4-[(2,4-C1═C(C═CC(═C1)C(C(O)═O)(C)C)N[S](C2═C(C═C(C═C2)N)N)(═O)═O 164965diaminobenzene)sulfonamido]phenyl}-2- methylpropanoic acid 7436 &[7-(2-aminoethoxy)-4-(4-tert-O═C5C1═C(N2C(C1([H])COC(═O)N)(C3([H])C(C2)(N3)C4═CC═C(C═C4)C(C)(C)C)OCCN)C(═O)C(═C5NCCC)C123115 butylphenyl)-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- (propylamino)-2,5-diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate 21034 &3-(3a-amino-6-nitro-3a,7a-dihydro-2H-O2C1C═C(C(═CC1(OC2)N)C(═CC(═O)O)C1)[N](═O)═O 1649651,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-3-chloroprop-2- enoic acid 21034 &3-(2-{2-[(carbamoyloxy)methyl]-5-O2C1═C(C═C(C(═C1)[N](═O)═O)C═CC(═O)O)OC2C3═C(C(C(C(C3═O)C)NCCC)═O)COC(N)═O123115 methyl-3,6-dioxo-4- (propylamino)cyclohex-1-en-1-yl}-6-nitro-2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)prop-2- enoic acid 98026 &2-{[3-(2-hydrazinyl-3-methylbut-2-en-1-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)C2═CC═CC═C12)CC(═C(C)C)NN 164965yl)-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2- yl]oxy}acetic acid 98026 &2-({3-[1-({6-[2-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)C2═CC═CC═C12)C(C═C(C)C)NC3C(C(C(═C(C3═O)C)NC)═O)═CCOC(N)═O123115 (carbamoyloxy)ethylidene]-3-methyl-4-(methylamino)-2,5-dioxocyclohex-3-en-1-yl}amino)-3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl]-1,4- dioxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl}oxy)acetic acid 123115 & [4-(3-chlorophenyl)-7-methoxy-12-O═C5C1═C(N2C(C1([H])COC(═O)N)(C3([H])C(C2)(N3)C4═CC(═CC═C4)Cl)OC)C(═O)C(═C5NCCC)C164965 methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-(propylamino)- 2,5-diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate 156957 & 1-[({2-N1(C([H])(CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCC2═CC═CC═C2CNO)═O 127947[(hydroxyamino)methyl]phenyl}methoxy)carbonyl]-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 156957 &1-[({2-[(hydroxyamino)methyl]-6-(2-N1(C([H])(CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCC2═C(C═CC═C2CNO)CCO)═O 127947hydroxyethyl)phenyl}methoxy)carbonyl]- 5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylicacid 156957 1-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-4-(4-{[2-N1(C([H])(CC(C1═O)C2═CC═C(C(═C2)OC)NC3═CC═CC═C3C(O)O)C(═O)O)C(OCC4═CC═CC═C4)═O& 73735 (dihydroxymethyl)phenyl]amino}-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2- carboxylic acid 156957[2-(3-{[(2-carboxy-5-oxopyrrolidin-1-N1(C([H])(CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCC2═CC(═CC═C2)CC[N](O)═O)═O & 41066yl)carbonyloxy]methyl}phenyl)ethyl](hydroxy)- oxo-$1{circumflex over( )}{5}-azanyl 156957 1-[({3-N1(C([H])(CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCC2═CC═CC(═C2)C(O)N)═O & 63865[amino(hydroxy)methyl]phenyl}methoxy)carbonyl]-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 156957 1-{[(2-N1(C([H])(CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCC2═CC═CC═C2C(═O)N)═O & 38743carbamoylphenyl)methoxy]carbonyl}-5- oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid156957 & 2-(3-{[(2-carboxy-5-oxopyrrolidin-1-N1(C([H])(CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCC2═CC═CC(═C2)N3C(NC(C(N3)C(═O)O)O)O)═O362639 yl)carbonyloxy]methyl}phenyl)-3,5-dihydroxy-1,2,4-triazinane-6-carboxylic acid 1279472-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═CC═C(C(═C2)OC)NC3═C(C═CC(═C3)C(C)NO)C(═O)O)NC4═C(C═CC═C4)C(═O)O)OC& 73735 methoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]-4-[1-(hydroxyamino)ethyl]benzoic acid 73735 & 2-({4-[2-(carboxymethyl)-4-[(2-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═C(C═C(C(═C2)OC)NC3═C(C═CC═C3)C═O)CC(═O)O)NC4═C(C═CC═C4)C(═O)O)OC55573 formylphenyl)amino]-5-methoxyphenyl]-2-methoxyphenyl}amino)benzoic acid 73735 &2-[(2-methoxy-4-{3-methoxy-4-[(2-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═CC═C(C(═C2)OC)NC3═C(C═CC═C3)[N](═O)═O)NC4═C(C═CC═C4)C(═O)O)OC41066 nitrophenyl)amino]phenyl}phenyl)amino]benzoic acid 73735 &2-({4-[3-(2,3,3a,7a-tetrahydro-1,3-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═CC(═C(C(═C2)OC)N)C4SC3C(C═CC═C3)N4)NC5═C(C═CC═C5)C(═O)O)OC11891 benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-amino-5- methoxyphenyl]-2-methoxyphenyl}amino)benzoic acid 73735 & 2-({4-[3-(1-carboxy-2-{2-oxo-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═CC(═CC(═C2)OC)C(CC3C4C(SC3)NC(N4)═O)C(O)═O)NC5═C(C═CC═C5)C(═O)O)OC63865 hexahydro-1H-thieno[2,3- d]imidazolidin-6-yl}ethyl)-5-methoxyphenyl]-2- methoxyphenyl}amino)benzoic acid 73735 &2-[(4-{4-[(2-carbamoyl-6-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═CC═C(C(═C2)OC)NC3═C(C═CC═C3C(N)═O)C═O)NC4═C(C═CC═C4)C(═O)O)OC38743 formylphenyl)amino]-3- methoxyphenyl}-2-methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 73735 &2-{[4-(3-{[2-(6-formyl-3,5-dioxo-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═CC(═CC(═C2)OC)NC(═O)C3═CC═CC═C3N4C(NC(C(═N4)C═O)═O)═O)NC5═C(C═CC═C5)C(═O)O)OC362639 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazin-2-yl)benzene]amido}-5-methoxyphenyl)-2- methoxyphenyl]amino}benzoic acid73735 & 2-[(2-methoxy-4-{3-methoxy-5-[nitro(6-C1═C(C(═CC═C1C2═CC(═CC(═C2)OC)C([N](═O)═O)N3C4C(NC3)N═CNC4═S)NC5═C(C═CC═C5)C(═O)O)OC36914 sulfanylidene-4,5,6,7,8,9-hexahydro-1H- purin-7-yl)methyl]phenyl}phenyl)amino]benzoic acid 3626392-{2-[4-(nitromethyl)-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-C1═CC═C(C(═C1)C2═NN(C(N(C2═O)C[N](═O)═O)═O)[H])N3N═C(C(N([H])C3═O)═O)C(═O)O& 55573 tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazin-6-yl]phenyl}-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6- carboxylic acid 3626393-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-yl)-O═C2NC(C1═CC═CC═C1)(C(═O)N2)C(CC(═O)O)[N](═O)═O & 41066 3-nitropropanoicacid 362639 2-({7-[(6-formyl-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-C1═C3C(═C(C═C1)CN2C(NC(C(═N2)C═O)═O)═O)SC(═N3)SCC(═O)O & 11891tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazin-2-yl)methyl]-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl}sulfanyl)acetic acid 63865 &4-nitro-5-{2-oxo-hexahydro-1H-O═C1NC2([H])C([H])(N1)C([H])(SC2)CC(CCC(═O)O)[N](═O)═O 41066thieno[3,4-d]imidazolidin-4-yl}pentanoic acid 63865 &4-formamido-5-{2-oxo-hexahydro-1H-O═C1NC2([H])C([H])(N1)C[H](SC2)CC(CCC(═O)O)NC═O 38743thieno[3,4-d]imidazolidin-4-yl}pentanoic acid 93033 &2-hydroxy-4-{2-[2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-4-C1(N(C═CC(N1[H])═O)CC(NC2═CC═C(C(═C2)O)C(═O)O)═O)C3═CC═CC═C3O 25368oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-1- yl]acetamido}benzoic acid 4088604-(2-amino-2-carbamoylethyl)-2-[(3-C1═C(C(═CC(═C1)CC(C(N)═O)N)C(═O)NC2═CC═CC(═C2)[N](═O)═O)C(═O)O & 75846nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid

TABLE 3 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 16631 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidc1(cc(ccc1O)C(═O)O)O 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 689712-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid) 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 78623 4-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 93033 4-[2-(2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-O═c1n(ccc([nH]1)═O)CC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O)═Otetrahydropyrimidin-1-yl)acetamido]-2- hydroxybenzoic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid New CD81 Ligand Chemical Name Smiles 5856N-[[3-(benzoylcarbamothioylamino)-4-c1ccccc1C(NC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C)NC(NC(c1ccccc1)═O)═S)═S)═Omethylphenyl]carbamothioyl]benzamide 8481 2-(4-tert-butylphenoxy)acetatec1c(OCC(═O)O)ccc(c1)C(C)(C)C 16162 2-(ethylamino)benzoatec1(c(cccc1)NCC)C(═O)O 20586 diaminomethylidene-[4-c1c(ccc(c1)NC(═N)N)NC(N)═N (diaminomethylideneazaniumyl)phenyl]azanium25678 2-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)quinoline-4-n1c(c2ccc(cc2C)C)cc(c2c1cccc2)C(═O)O carboxylate 602392-(2-prop-2-enylphenoxy)acetate c1(c(cccc1)CC═C)OCC(═O)O 758662-indol-1-ylacetate n1(c2ccccc2cc1)CC(═O)O 875043-[(2R)-piperidin-1-ium-2-yl]pyridine n1cc(ccc1)[CH]1NCCCC1 897203-pyridin-3-ylpropanoate n1cc(ccc1)CCC(═O)O 2152764-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate c1(c(cc(cc1)C)C(═O)CCC(═O)O)C331931 2-(furan-2-ylmethylamino)benzoate c1cc(c(cc1)NCc1ccco1)C(═O)O403374 (4-chlorophenyl)carbamothioyl- Clc1ccc(cc1)NC(═S)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylidene)azanium

TABLE 4 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 118912-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)acetic c1cccc2c1nc(SCC(═O)O)s2 acid16631 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid c1(cc(ccc1O)C(═O)O)O 253682-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2- C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)Oyloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 55573(2E)-3-[(2-methylpropyl)carbamoyl]prop- C(═C\C(═O)NCC(C)C)/C(═O)O2-enoic acid 63865 5-{2-oxo-hexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-O═C1N[CH]2[CH](N1)[CH](SC2)CCCCC(═O)O d]imidazolidin-4-yl}pentanoic acid68971 2-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 73735 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

TABLE 5 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 118912-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)acetic c1cccc2c1nc(SCC(═O)O)s2 acid16631 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid c1(cc(ccc1O)C(═O)O)O 253682-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2- C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)Oyloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 410662-[(2-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(Nc1ccccc1N(═O)═O)═O)C(═O)O 55573(2E)-3-[(2-methylpropyl)carbamoyl]prop- C(═C\C(═O)NCC(C)C)/C(═O)O2-enoic acid 63865 5-{2-oxo-hexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-O═C1N[CH]2[CH](N1)[CH](SC2)CCCCC(═O)O d]imidazolidin-4-yl}pentanoic acid68971 2-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 73735 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 93033 4-[2-(2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-O═c1n(ccc([nH]1)═O)CC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O)═Otetrahydropyrimidin-1-yl)acetamido]-2- hydroxybenzoic acid 1279472-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

TABLE 6 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 50692-[(4S,12S,13R,14S,19R,21S)-9-nitro- C1C[C]23[CH]4[N]1CC═1[CH](C4)[CH]-7,8-dioxo-15-oxa-1,11-([CH]3NC═3C2═CC(═O)C(═O)C3N(═O)═O)[CH](OCC1)CC(═O)Odiazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,21}. 0{circumflex over ( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17-trien- 14-yl]acetic acid 118912-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)acetic c1cccc2c1nc(SCC(═O)O)s2 acid21034 (2Z)-3-(6-nitro-2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-O1c2cc(c(cc2OC1)/C═C\C(═O)O)N(═O)═O yl)prop-2-enoic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 68971 2-hydroxy-5-c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O [(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6- Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═Ndichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid73735 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid New CD81 Ligand Chemical Name Smiles 161622-(ethylamino)benzoate c1(c(cccc1)NCC)C(═O)O 238952-carboxy-5-piperidin-1-ylphenolate N1(CCCCC1)c1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O 897203-pyridin-3-ylpropanoate n1cc(ccc1)CCC(═O)O 1424464-chloro-N-ethyl-6-(1-phenylindol-3-yl)-n1(c2ccccc2)c2ccccc2c(c1)c1nc(Cl)nc(n1)NCC 1,3,5-triazin-2-amine 148832(2E,4E)-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2,6,6-O═C1CC([C](C(═C1)C)(/C═C/C(C)═C/C(═O)O)O)(C)Ctrimethyl-4-oxocyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3- methylpenta-2,4-dienoate 2152764-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate c1(c(cc(cc1)C)C(═O)CCC(═O)O)C252359 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methyl-7-(4-c1(nc2n(c(c1)N1CCN(CC1)C)nc(n2)c1ccc(cc1)Cl)Cmethylpiperazin-4-ium-1-yl)- [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine 601359N-(4-bromonaphthalen-1-yl)-1-c1cccc2c1c(c(cc2)C(═O)Nc1c2ccccc2c(cc1)Br)Ohydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxamide 7962 3-[4-(2-methylbutan-2-O(c1ccc(cc1)C(CC)(C)C)c1cccc(c1)C(═O)O yl)phenoxy]benzoate 166464-propan-2-yloxybenzoate c1cc(ccc1OC(C)C)C(═O)O 238952-carboxy-5-piperidin-1-ylphenolate N1(CCCCC1)c1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O 317125-fluoro-2,4-dioxo-1H-pyrimidine-6- O═c1[nH]c(═O)[nH]c(c1F)C(═O)Ocarboxylate 73170 (2S)-2-[(3- Clc1cc(ccc1)NC(═O)O[CH](C)C(═O)Ochlorophenyl)carbamoyloxy]propanoate 949142-[(2-phenylphenyl)methyl]propanedioatec1ccccc1c1c(cccc1)CC(C(═O)O)C(═O)O 97538butyl-[[(2R)-oxolan-2-yl]methyl]azanium O1[CH](CCC1)CNCCCC 1068633-oxo-6- N(/c1ccc(cc1C(═O)O)O)═N\c1ccccc1(phenylhydrazinylidene)cyclohexa-1,4- diene-1-carboxylate 1179223-(carbamoylcarbamoyl)pyrazine-2- n1c(c(ncc1)C(═O)O)C(═O)NC(═O)Ncarboxylate 120631 4-(2-phenoxyethoxy)benzoateO(c1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)CCOc1ccccc1 134137 3-oxo-4-[(4-N(═N\c1c(c(cc2c1cccc2)C(═O)O)O)/c1ccc(cc1)S(═O)(═O)Nsulfamoylphenyl)hydrazinylidene]naphthalene- 2-carboxylate 144958(Z)-4-oxo-4-(quinolin-8-ylamino)but-2- n1cccc2c1c(ccc2)NC(/C═C\C(═O)O)═Oenoate 153172 2-[2-(3-methoxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-N(/c1cc(c(cc1)O)OC)═N\c1ccccc1C(═O)O dien-1-ylidene)hydrazinyl]benzoate252359 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methyl-7-(4-c1(nc2n(c(c1)N1CCN(CC1)C)nc(n2)c1ccc(cc1)Cl)Cmethylpiperazin-4-ium-1-yl)- [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine

TABLE 7 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 50692-[(4S,12S,13R,14S,19R,21S)-9-nitro- C1C[C]23[CH]4[N]1CC═1[CH](C4)[CH]-7,8-dioxo-15-oxa-1,11-([CH]3NC═3C2═CC(═O)C(═O)C3N(═O)═O)[CH](OCC1)CC(═O)Odiazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,21}. 0{circumflex over ( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17-trien- 14-yl]acetic acid 118912-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)acetic c1cccc2c1nc(SCC(═O)O)s2 acid21034 (2Z)-3-(6-nitro-2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-O1c2cc(c(cc2OC1)/C═C\C(═O)O)N(═O)═O yl)prop-2-enoic acid 253682-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2- C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)Oyloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 410662-[(2-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(Nc1ccccc1N(═O)═O)═O)C(═O)O 55573(2E)-3-[(2-methylpropyl)carbamoyl]prop- C(═C\C(═O)NCC(C)C)/C(═O)O2-enoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6- Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═Ndichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine 737352-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O New CD81 Ligand Chemical NameSmiles 5856 N-[[3-(benzoylcarbamothioylamino)-4-c1ccccc1C(NC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C)NC(NC(c1ccccc1)═O)═S)═S)═Omethylphenyl]carbamothioyl]benzamide 7962 3-[4-(2-methylbutan-2-O(c1ccc(cc1)C(CC)(C)C)c1cccc(c1)C(═O)O yl)phenoxy]benzoate 84812-(4-tert-butylphenoxy)acetate c1c(OCC(═O)O)ccc(c1)C(C)(C)C 166464-propan-2-yloxybenzoate c1cc(ccc1OC(C)C)C(═O)O 20586diaminomethylidene-[4- c1c(ccc(c1)NC(═N)N)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylideneazaniumyl)phenyl]azanium 238952-carboxy-5-piperidin-1-ylphenolate N1(CCCCC1)c1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O 758662-indol-1-ylacetate n1(c2ccccc2cc1)CC(═O)O 875043-[(2R)-piperidin-1-ium-2-yl]pyridine n1cc(ccc1)[CH]1NCCCC1 1424464-chloro-N-ethyl-6-(1-phenylindol-3-yl)-n1(c2ccccc2)c2ccccc2c(c1)c1nc(Cl)nc(n1)NCC 1,3,5-triazin-2-amine 148832(2E,4E)-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2,6,6-O═C1CC([C](C(═C1)C)(/C═C/C(C)═C/C(═O)O)O)(C)Ctrimethyl-4-oxocyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3- methylpenta-2,4-dienoate 2523592-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methyl-7-(4-c1(nc2n(c(c1)N1CCN(CC1)C)nc(n2)c1ccc(cc1)Cl)Cmethylpiperazin-4-ium-1-yl)- [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine 3319312-(furan-2-ylmethylamino)benzoate c1cc(c(cc1)NCc1ccco1)C(═O)O 403374(4-chlorophenyl)carbamothioyl- Clc1ccc(cc1)NC(═S)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylidene)azanium 601359 N-(4-bromonaphthalen-1-yl)-1-c1cccc2c1c(c(cc2)C(═O)Nc1c2ccccc2c(cc1)Br)Ohydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxamide

TABLE 8 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 50692-[(4S,12S,13R,14S,19R,21S)-9-nitro- C1C[C]23[CH]4[N]1CC═1[CH](C4)[CH]-7,8-dioxo-15-oxa-1,11-([CH]3NC═3C2═CC(═O)C(═O)C3N(═O)═O)[CH](OCC1)CC(═O)Odiazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,21}. 0{circumflex over ( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17-trien- 14-yl]acetic acid 21034(2Z)-3-(6-nitro-2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-O1c2cc(c(cc2OC1)/C═C\C(═O)O)N(═O)═O yl)prop-2-enoic acid 253682-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2- C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)Oyloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 68971 2-hydroxy-5-c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O [(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6- Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═Ndichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid75846 4-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide78623 4-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 303800 3-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoicc1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid New CD81 Ligand Chemical Name Smiles 5856N-[[3-(benzoylcarbamothioylamino)-4-c1ccccc1C(NC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C)NC(NC(c1ccccc1)═O)═S)═S)═Omethylphenyl]carbamothioyl]benzamide 7962 3-[4-(2-methylbutan-2-O(c1ccc(cc1)C(CC)(C)C)c1cccc(c1)C(═O)O yl)phenoxy]benzoate 84812-(4-tert-butylphenoxy)acetate c1c(OCC(═O)O)ccc(c1)C(C)(C)C 161622-(ethylamino)benzoate c1(c(cccc1)NCC)C(═O)O 166464-propan-2-yloxybenzoate c1cc(ccc1OC(C)C)C(═O)O 20586diaminomethylidene-[4- c1c(ccc(c1)NC(═N)N)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylideneazaniumyl)phenyl]azanium 238952-carboxy-5-piperidin-1-ylphenolate N1(CCCCC1)c1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O 256782-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)quinoline-4- n1c(c2ccc(cc2C)C)cc(c2c1cccc2)C(═O)Ocarboxylate 31712 5-fluoro-2,4-dioxo-1H-pyrimidine-6-O═c1[nH]c(═O)[nH]c(c1F)C(═O)O carboxylate 602392-(2-prop-2-enylphenoxy)acetate c1(c(cccc1)CC═C)OCC(═O)O 73170(2S)-2-[(3- Clc1cc(ccc1)NC(═O)O[CH](C)C(═O)Ochlorophenyl)carbamoyloxy]propanoate 75866 2-indol-1-ylacetaten1(c2ccccc2cc1)CC(═O)O 87504 3-[(2R)-piperidin-1-ium-2-yl]pyridinen1cc(ccc1)[CH]1NCCCC1 89720 3-pyridin-3-ylpropanoate n1cc(ccc1)CCC(═O)O94914 2-[(2-phenylphenyl)methyl]propanedioatec1ccccc1c1c(cccc1)CC(C(═O)O)C(═O)O 97538butyl-[[(2R)-oxolan-2-yl]methyl]azanium O1[CH](CCC1)CNCCCC 1068633-oxo-6- N(/c1ccc(cc1C(═O)O)O)═N\c1ccccc1(phenylhydrazinylidene)cyclohexa-1,4- diene-1-carboxylate 1179223-(carbamoylcarbamoyl)pyrazine-2- n1c(c(ncc1)C(═O)O)C(═O)NC(═O)Ncarboxylate 120631 4-(2-phenoxyethoxy)benzoateO(c1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)CCOc1ccccc1 134137 3-oxo-4-[(4-N(═N\c1c(c(cc2c1cccc2)C(═O)O)O)/c1ccc(cc1)S(═O)(═O)Nsulfamoylphenyl)hydrazinylidene]naphthalene- 2-carboxylate 1424464-chloro-N-ethyl-6-(1-phenylindol-3-yl)-n1(c2ccccc2)c2ccccc2c(c1)c1nc(Cl)nc(n1)NCC 1,3,5-triazin-2-amine 144958(Z)-4-oxo-4-(quinolin-8-ylamino)but-2- n1cccc2c1c(ccc2)NC(/C═C\C(═O)O)═Oenoate 148832 (2E,4E)-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2,6,6-O═C1CC([C](C(═C1)C)(/C═C/C(C)═C/C(═O)O)O)(C)Ctrimethyl-4-oxocyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3- methylpenta-2,4-dienoate 1531722-[2-(3-methoxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5- N(/c1cc(c(cc1)O)OC)═N\c1ccccc1C(═O)Odien-1-ylidene)hydrazinyl]benzoate 2152764-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate c1(c(cc(cc1)C)C(═O)CCC(═O)O)C252359 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methyl-7-(4-c1(nc2n(c(c1)N1CCN(CC1)C)nc(n2)c1ccc(cc1)Cl)Cmethylpiperazin-4-ium-1-yl)- [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine 3319312-(furan-2-ylmethylamino)benzoate c1cc(c(cc1)NCc1cccc1)C(═O)O 403374(4-chlorophenyl)carbamothioyl- Clc1ccc(cc1)NC(═S)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylidene)azanium 601359 N-(4-bromonaphthalen-1-yl)-1-c1cccc2c1c(c(cc2)C(═O)Nc1c2ccccc2c(cc1)Br)Ohydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxamide

TABLE 9 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 118912-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)acetic c1cccc2c1nc(SCC(═O)O)s2 acid25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2- C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)Oyloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 410662-[(2-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(Nc1ccccc1N(═O)═O)═O)C(═O)O 55573(2E)-3-[(2-methylpropyl)carbamoyl]prop- C(═C\C(═O)NCC(C)C)/C(═O)O2-enoic acid 68971 2-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 73735 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 758464-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 9 ligands also include 5856, 8481, 20586, 25678, 60239, 75866,87504, 89720, 142446, 148832, 2i5276, 252359, 331931, 403374, and601359, which are described in Table 3.

TABLE 10 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 21034(2Z)-3-(6-nitro-2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-O1c2cc(c(cc2OC1)/C═C\C(═O)O)N(═O)═O yl)prop-2-enoic acid 253682-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2- C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)Oyloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 68971 2-hydroxy-5-c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O [(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6- Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═Ndichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid75846 4-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide78623 4-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 303800 3-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoicc1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 10 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 848i, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 2i5276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 11 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 410662-[(2-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(Nc1ccccc1N(═O)═O)═O)C(═O)O 55573(2E)-3-[(2-methylpropyl)carbamoyl]prop- C(═C\C(═O)NCC(C)C)/C(═O)O2-enoic acid 68971 2-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 73735 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 758464-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 11 ligands also include 5856, 8481, 20586, 25678, 60239, 75866,87504, 89720, 142446, 148832, 215276, 331931, 403374, and 601359, whichare described in Table 3.

TABLE 12 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 689712-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 75846 4-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide78623 4-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 12 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 13 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 689712-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 75846 4-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide78623 4-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 303800 3-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoicc1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 13 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 14 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 689821-[(E)-[(2,6- Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═Ndichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]guanidine 737352-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O

Table 14 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 14 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 15 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid73735 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 758464-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid New CD81 Ligand Chemical Name Smiles 5856N-[[3-(benzoylcarbamothioylamino)-4-c1ccccc1C(NC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)C)NC(NC(c1ccccc1)═O)═S)═S)═Omethylphenyl]carbamothioyl]benzamide 8481 2-(4-tert-butylphenoxy)acetatec1c(OCC(═O)O)ccc(c1)C(C)(C)C 16162 2-(ethylamino)benzoatec1(c(cccc1)NCC)C(═O)O 20586 diaminomethylidene-[4-c1c(ccc(c1)NC(═N)N)NC(N)═N (diaminomethylideneazaniumyl)phenyl]azanium23895 2-carboxy-5-piperidin-1-ylphenolate N1(CCCCC1)c1cc(c(cc1)C(═O)O)O25678 2-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)quinoline-4-n1c(c2ccc(cc2C)C)cc(c2c1cccc2)C(═O)O carboxylate 602392-(2-prop-2-enylphenoxy)acetate c1(c(cccc1)CC═C)OCC(═O)O 758662-indol-1-ylacetate n1(c2ccccc2cc1)CC(═O)O 875043-[(2R)-piperidin-1-ium-2-yl]pyridine n1cc(ccc1)[CH]1NCCCC1 897203-pyridin-3-ylpropanoate n1cc(ccc1)CCC(═O)O 2152764-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-oxobutanoate c1(c(cc(cc1)C)C(═O)CCC(═O)O)C252359 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methyl-7-(4-c1(nc2n(c(c1)N1CCN(CC1)C)nc(n2)c1ccc(cc1)Cl)Cmethylpiperazin-4-ium-1-yl)- [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine 3319312-(furan-2-ylmethylamino)benzoate c1cc(c(cc1)NCc1ccco1)C(═O)O 403374(4-chlorophenyl)carbamothioyl- Clc1ccc(cc1)NC(═S)NC(N)═N(diaminomethylidene)azanium

Table 15 ligands also include 7962, 16646, 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 164965,165665, 215359, and 601359 which are described above in Table 6.

TABLE 16 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid75846 4-(methylamino)piperidine-4- N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide78623 4-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 303800 3-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoicc1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 16 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 17 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 68971 2-hydroxy-5-c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C(═O)O)═O [(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)aceticacid 78623 4-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)[CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)Ndihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7-O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNc1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C tetrahydro-1H-purin-8-yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 17 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 17 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 18 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid

Table 18 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 18 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 19 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo-O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c2c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid

Table 19 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 19 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 20 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)CCC(═O)O yl)propanoic acid 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid127947 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)OCmethoxyphenyl}-2- methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid 1569571-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5- N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═O)O)C(OCc1ccccc1)═Ooxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid 3038003-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 3626392-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O)Otriazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 20 ligands also include 5856, 8481, 20586, 25678, 60239, 75866,87504, 89720, 142446, 148832, 215276, 331931, 403374, and 601359, whichare described in Table 3.

TABLE 21 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid123115 [7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 303800 3-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoicc1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 21 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 22 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C)CC(═O)O)O yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid123115 [7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11-O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)C(═O)C(═C1NCCC)C(propylamino)-2,5- diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,6}]trideca- 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methylcarbamate 303800 3-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoicc1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid 4010772-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c(nc1N)N)N 1-yl]benzoic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)OC2-enoic acid

Table 22 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 23 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)C yl)propanoic acid CC(═O)O 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- (═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- (═O)C(═C1NCCC)C 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate362639 2-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c triazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O) tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic Oacid 408734 4-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c 1-yl]benzoic acid (nc1N)N)N

Table 23 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 23 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 24 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)C yl)propanoic acid CC(═O)O 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- (═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- (═O)C(═C1NCCC)C 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate362639 2-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c triazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O) tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic Oacid 408734 4-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c 1-yl]benzoic acid (nc1N)N)N

Table 24 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 24 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 25 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 38743 3-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4-O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)C yl)propanoic acid CC(═O)O 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- (═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- (═O)C(═C1NCCC)C 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate362639 2-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c triazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O) tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic Oacid 408734 4-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen-n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c 1-yl]benzoic acid (nc1N)N)N

Table 25 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 25 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 26 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid123115 [7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- (═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- (═O)C(═C1NCCC)C 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate638134 (2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop-c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N) 2-enoic acid OC

Table 26 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 27 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid123115 [7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- (═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- (═O)C(═C1NCCC)C 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate638134 (2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop-c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N) 2-enoic acid OC

Table 27 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 28 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 709802-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5- c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid123115 [7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- (═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- (═O)C(═C1NCCC)C 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate638134 (2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop-c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N) 2-enoic acid OC

Table 28 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 29 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid 70980 2-(2-amino-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazol-5-c1(nc(sc1CC(═O)O)N)O yl)acetic acid 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)C#N) 2-enoicacid OC

Table 29 ligands also include 5856, 8481, 20586, 25678, 60239, 75866,87504, 89720, 142446, 148832, 215276, 331931, 403374, and 601359, whichare described in Table 3.

TABLE 30 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 369142-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin- n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O9-yl)acetic acid

Table 30 ligands also include 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 106863,117922, 120631, 134137, 144958, 153172, and 252359, which are describedabove in Table 6. Table 30 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16646,20586, 23895, 75866, 87504, 142446, 148832, 252359, 331931, 403374,601359 which are described above in Table 7.

TABLE 31 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 638134(2E)-2-cyano-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop- c1cc(c(cc1)/C═C(/C(═O)O)C#N)2-enoic acid OC

Table 31 ligands also include 5856, 7962, 8481, 16162, 16646, 20586,23895, 25678, 31712, 60239, 73170, 75866, 87504, 89720, 94914, 97538,106863, 117922, 120631, 134137, 142446, 144958, 148832, 153172, 215276,252359, 331,931, 403374, and 601359 which are described above in Table8.

TABLE 32 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 16631 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acidc1(cc(ccc1O)C(═O)O)O 68971 2-hydroxy-5- c1ccccc1OC(Nc1cc(c(cc1)O)C[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzoic acid (═O)O)═O 786234-carbamoyl-2-(5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxo-2,3- O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1ccc(c2)O)dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)butanoic acid [CH](C(═O)O)CCC(═O)N 817504-{[(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-2,3,6,7- O═c1n(c(═O)c2[nH]c(nc2n1C)CNtetrahydro-1H-purin-8- c1ccc(cc1)C(═O)O)C yl)methyl]amino}benzoic acid303800 3-(3-methoxy-1,2-oxazol-5-yl)propanoic c1(onc(c1)OC)CCC(═O)O acid401077 2-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-O═C1N(C(═O)c2c1cccc2)[CH](C yl)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid(═O)O)Cc1c2c([nH]c1)cccc2 4087344-[(Z)-2-(triaminopyrimidin-5-yl)diazen- n1c(c(/N═N\c2ccc(cc2)C(═O)O)c1-yl]benzoic acid (nc1N)N)N

TABLE 33 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 50692-[(4S,12S,13R,14S,19R,21S)-9-nitro- C1C[C]23[CH]4[N]1CC═1[CH]7,8-dioxo-15-oxa-1,11- (C4)[CH]([CH]3NC═3C2═CC(═O)diazahexacyclo[16.3.1.0{circumflex over ( )}{4,12}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,21} C(═O)C3N(═O)═O)[CH](OCC1)C .0{circumflex over( )}{5,10}.0{circumflex over ( )}{13,19}]docosa-5,9,17-trien- C(═O)O14-yl]acetic acid 7436 4-amino-N-(4-tert-butylphenyl)benzene-c1cc(ccc1NS(c1ccc(cc1)N) 1-sulfonamide (═O)═O)C(C)(C)C 21034(2Z)-3-(6-nitro-2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5- O1c2cc(c(cc2OC1)/C═C\C(═O)O)yl)prop-2-enoic acid N(═O)═O 30930 5-(benzyloxy)-1H-indole-2-carboxylic[nH]1c2ccc(cc2cc1C(═O)O)OCc1 acid ccccc1 980262-{[3-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,4-dioxo- O═C1C(═C(OCC(═O)O)C(═O)c21,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl]oxy}acetic c1cccc2)C/C═C(\C)C acid 123115[7-methoxy-12-methyl-10,13-dioxo-11- O═C1C2═C(N3[C]([CH]2COC(propylamino)-2,5-diazatetra- (═O)N)([CH]2[CH](C3)N2)OC)Ccyclo[7.4.0.0{circumflex over ( )}{2,7}.0{circumflex over( )}{4,6}]trideca- (═O)C(═C1NCCC)C 1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate165665 (3-hydroxyphenyl)thiourea c1ccc(cc1NC(═S)N)O 6890029-Oxo-9H-thioxanthene-3-carboxamide c1ccc2c(c1)C(c1c(S2(═O)═O)cc10,10-dioxide (cc1)C(═O)N)═O

TABLE 34 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 118912-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylsulfanyl)acetic c1cccc2c1nc(SCC(═O)O)s2 acid36914 2-(6-sulfanylidene-6,9-dihydro-3H-purin-n1c[nH]c2n(cnc2c1═S)CC(═O)O 9-yl)acetic acid 387433-(2,5-dioxo-4-phenylimidazolidin-4- O═C1N[C](c2ccccc2)(C(═O)N1)Cyl)propanoic acid CC(═O)O 41066 2-[(2-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acidc1cccc(c1C(Nc1ccccc1N(═O)═O)═O) C(═O)O 55573(2E)-3-[(2-methylpropyl)carbamoyl]prop- C(═C\C(═O)NCC(C)C)/C(═O)O2-enoic acid 63865 5-{2-oxo-hexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-O═C1N[CH]2[CH](N1)[CH] d]imidazolidin-4-yl}pentanoic acid(SC2)CCCCC(═O)O 73735 2-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3-c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O) methoxyphenyl}-2-c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)O methoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid C 1279472-[(4-{4-[(2-carboxyphenyl)amino]-3- c1c(ccc(c1OC)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)methoxyphenyl}-2- c1cc(c(cc1)Nc1ccccc1C(═O)O)Omethoxyphenyl)amino]benzoic acid C 156957 1-[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]-5-N1([CH](CCC1═O)C(═ O)O)C oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid (OCc1ccccc1)═O362639 2-[2-(3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-c1cc(c2c(═O)[nH]c([nH]n2)═O)c triazin-6-yl)phenyl]-3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-(cc1)n1nc(c([nH]c1═O)═O)C(═O) tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine-6-carboxylic Oacid

TABLE 35 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 25368 2-[2-hydroxy-6-(propan-2-C1CC[CH]([CH]([CH]1OC(C)C) yloxy)cyclohexyl]acetic acid CC(═O)O)O 930334-[2-(2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4- O═c1n(ccc([nH]1)═O)CC(Nc1cctetrahydropyrimidin-1-yl)acetamido]-2- (c(cc1)C(═O)O)O)═O hydroxybenzoicacid

TABLE 36 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 68982 1-[(E)-[(2,6-Clc1c(c(Cl)ccc1)/C═N/NC(N)═N dichlorophenyl)methylidene]amino]gua-nidine

TABLE 37 Ligand Chemical Name SMILES 75846 4-(methylamino)piperidine-4-N1CCC(CC1)(NC)C(═O)N carboxamide 4088602-[(3-nitrophenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid c1cccc(c1C(═O)O)C(═O)Nc1cc(ccc1)N(═O)═O

Representative HCV E2 and Human CD81 Amino Acid Sequences

The HCV E2 amino acid sequence described by C4MR37 [UniParc] availableat http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/C4MR37 is described by SEQ ID NO: 1.Web Link: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/C4MR37. C4MR37 [UniParc]. Thissequence contains residues 384-746 of a longer 3011 amino acid sequence.The human CD81 Sequence described by NCBI Reference SequenceNP_(—)004347.1 (gi|4757944|ref|NP_(—)004347.1|CD81 antigen [Homosapiens]) appears in SEQ ID NO: 2. The Chain A crystal structure of CD81extracellular domain, which is a receptor for HCV, is available asAccession number 1G8Q_A (version 1G8Q_A GI:13399775). The correspondingamino acid sequence is given by SEQ ID NO: 3. The Chain B crystalstrcture of CD81 extracellular domain, which is a receptor for HCV, isavailable as Accession number 1G8Q_B (version 1G8Q_B GI:13399776). Thecorresponding amino acid sequence is given by SEQ ID NO: 4.

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Each document, patent, patent application or patent publication cited byor referred to in this disclosure is incorporated by reference in itsentirety, especially with respect to the specific subject mattersurrounding the citation of the reference in the text. For example, theamino acid sequences, structural features, and crystal structures ofCD81 and HCV E2 are incorporated by reference to the publications ordata bank entries (e.g., Protein Data Bank Entry 1G8Q) above describingthose structures. Similarly, the Autodock suite of programs and tools(ADTs, including AutoLigand) are incorporated by reference to thepublications or other resources cited herein that describe them. Noadmission is made that any such reference constitutes background art andthe right to challenge the accuracy and pertinence of the citeddocuments is reserved.

1. A ligand conjugate that comprises at least two ligands that bind toat least one of Sites 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 on CD81 or that inhibits thebinding of a molecule known to bind to at least one of Sites 1, 2, 3, 4,or 5 to the site.
 2. The ligand conjugate of claim 1 that comprises atleast one ligand selected from the group consisting of 5069, 7436, 7962,16646, 21034, 23895, 30930, 31712, 73170, 94914, 97538, 98026, 106963,117922, 120631, 123115, 134137, 144958, 153172, 164965, 165665, 252359,and
 689002. 3. The ligand conjugate of claim 1 that comprises at leastone ligand selected from the group consisting of 38743, 156957, 127947,73735, 55573, 41066, 11891, 63865, 408860, 362639, 36914, 23895, and403374.
 4. The ligand conjugate of claim 1 that comprises at least oneligand selected from the group consisting of 93033, 80807, 25368, 25678,60239, 75866, 87504, 331931, 20586, 403374, 8481, and
 5856. 5. Theligand conjugate of claim 1 that comprises at least one ligand selectedfrom the group consisting of 16631, 40614, 68971, 78623, 81750, 401077,408734, 303800, 75846, 638134, 70980, 89720, 25678, 215276, 16162 and60239.
 6. The ligand conjugate of claim 1 that comprises at least oneligand selected from the group consisting of 68982; 75866, 148832,601359 and
 142446. 7. The ligand conjugate of claim 1 that comprises atleast one ligand selected from the group consisting of 75866, 87504,25678, 40614, 134137, 7436, 117922, 144958, 68982, and
 75846. 8. Theligand conjugate of claim 1 that is covalently attached to ornon-covalently associated with an effector selected from the groupconsisting of biotin, avidin, avidin analog, antibody, protein, peptide,and lectin; or another effector.
 9. The ligand conjugate of claim 1 thatis covalently attached to or non-covalently associated with a carrierselected from the group consisting of a dendrimer, nanoparticle, aliposome, and a polymer; or another carrier.
 10. A compositioncomprising at least one ligand conjugate according to claim 1 and apharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
 11. A ligand conjugatecomprising at least two ligands that each bind to CD81 and when boundinhibit the attachment of HCV to CD81 and optionally a spacer or linkerbetween the at least two molecules.
 12. The ligand conjugate of claim 11that is selected from the group consisting of 25678-lys-lys-75846,40614-lys-lys-75846, 117922-lys-lys-75866, 75866-lys-lys-68982,75866-lys-lys-144958, 40614-lys-lys-25678 and 40614-lys-25678-lys-75846.13. The ligand conjugate of claim 11 that comprises a chemical linkerselected from the group consisting of a chemical bond, a bivalenthydrocarbon radical, a multivalent hydrocarbon radical, a bivalenthydrocarbon radical containing at least one heteroatom, a multivalenthydrocarbon radical containing at least one heteroatom, and amultivalent radical containing oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur.
 14. Theligand conjugate of claim 11 that comprises a chemical linker that is apeptide or peptide analog, a carbohydrate or carbohydrate analog, asugar or sugar analog, nucleic acid or nucleic acid analog, or adendrimer.
 15. The ligand conjugate of claim 11 that is covalentlyattached to or non-covalently associated with an effector selected fromthe group consisting of biotin, avidin, avidin analog, antibody,protein, peptide, and lectin; or another effector.
 16. The ligandconjugate of claim 11 that is covalently attached to or non-covalentlyassociated with a carrier selected from the group consisting of adendrimer, nanoparticle, a liposome, and a polymer; or another carrier.17. A composition comprising at least one ligand conjugate according toclaim 11 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
 18. Amethod for modulating a biological activity of CD81 or an activitymediated by or through CD81 comprising contacting CD81 or a cell havingCD81 with the ligand conjugate of claim
 1. 19. A method for inhibitingthe attachment of a pathogen that binds to CD81 to a cell having CD81comprising contacting said cell with the ligand conjugate of claim 1.20. The method of claim 19, wherein said pathogen is Hepatitis C virus(HCV).